diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/egd/JavaSecurityEgdTester.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-security-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/egd/JavaSecurityEgdTester.java
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+package com.baeldung.egd;
+
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+
+/**
+ * JavaSecurityEgdTester - run this with JVM parameter java.security.egd, e.g.:
+ *     java -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/urandom -cp . com.baeldung.egd.JavaSecurityEgdTester
+ */
+public class JavaSecurityEgdTester {
+    public static final double NANOSECS = 1000000000.0;
+    public static final String JAVA_SECURITY_EGD = "java.security.egd";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SecureRandom secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
+        long start = System.nanoTime();
+        byte[] randomBytes = new byte[256];
+        secureRandom.nextBytes(randomBytes);
+        double duration = (System.nanoTime() - start) / NANOSECS;
+
+        String message = String.format("java.security.egd=%s took %.3f seconds and used the %s algorithm", System.getProperty(JAVA_SECURITY_EGD), duration, secureRandom.getAlgorithm());
+        System.out.println(message);
+    }
+}