Messages in this thread | | | From | Robin Elfrink <> | Subject | RE: no data from /dev/random on udb alpha | Date | Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:09:03 +0200 |
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> /dev/random is a blocking device that won't write anything until it > has enough entropy is in the pool to give you a strong random number. > Try /dev/urandom for an immediate answer.
Just found out that /dev/random not giving me anything was not my problem. Two other alpha's (also Multia's) _do_ give data, but the software (vpnd) I want to run didn't work on them either.
Probably (like Matti Aarnio said) has to do with the size of long or something similar.
Robin
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