Generating secure random strings is essential for creating unique identifiers, authentication tokens, and session IDs in Node.js applications. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve implemented random string generation in countless Node.js authentication systems and API services. From my 25 years of experience in web development and 11 years with Node.js, the most secure and reliable approach is to use Node.js built-in crypto.randomBytes() method. This method provides cryptographically strong random values suitable for security-sensitive applications.