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From(David Wagner)
SubjectRe: no entropy and no output at /dev/random (quick question)
DateSat, 27 Nov 2004 19:20:28 +0000 (UTC)
Javier Villavicencio  wrote:
>it's encouraged to use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random?

Yes, for almost all purposes, applications should use /dev/urandom,
not /dev/random. (The names for these devices are unfortunate.)
Sadly, many applications fail to follow these rules, and consequently
/dev/random's entropy pool often ends up getting depleted much faster
than it has to be.
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