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Dead link exists on http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/security/SecureRandom.html

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      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      I'm not really sure if this is the right way to submit this, but you have a dead link on http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/security/SecureRandom.html

      The line that states "[a] cryptographically strong random number minimally complies with the statistical random number generator tests specified in FIPS 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules, section 4.9.1" links to a dead csrc.nist.gov page. That specification is now available at the link given below:

      http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.140-2.pdf

      Obviously, swapping out the two links should do the trick.

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
       It would be the same as it is now in terms of wording, but it would point to the valid link.
      ACTUAL -
      Once again, the wording would be exactly the same, but it would point to the valid, working link.

      URL OF FAULTY DOCUMENTATION :
      http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/security/SecureRandom.html

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