Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 02 Dec 2000 12:44:23 -0800 | From | David Ford <> | Subject | Re: /dev/random probs in 2.4test(12-pre3) |
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> Making /dev/random block if the amount requirements aren't met makes sense > to me. If I request x bytes of random stuff, and get less, I probably > reread /dev/random. If it's entropy pool is exhausted it makes sense to be > to block.
This is the job of the program accessing /dev/random. Open it blocking or non-blocking and read until you satisfy your read buffer.
-d
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