Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:37:34 +0100 | From | Alex Bligh - linux-kernel <> | Subject | Re: /dev/random in 2.4.6 |
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> Can I propose an add_untrusted_randomness()? This would work identically > to add_timer_randomness but would pass batch_entropy_store() 0 as the > entropy estimate. The store would then be made to drop 0-entropy elements > on the floor if the queue was more than, say, half full. This would let us > take advantage of 'potential' entropy sources like network interrupts and > strengthen /dev/urandom without weakening /dev/random.
Am I correct in assuming that in the absence of other entropy sources, it would use these (potentially inferior) sources, and /dev/random would then not block? In which case fine, it solves my problem.
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