Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Continuing /dev/random problems with 2.4 | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 01 Feb 2002 14:50:31 -0500 |
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On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 14:38, Ken Brownfield wrote:
> Of course, in my case deleting the /dev/random character node still > doesn't allow entropy to drain in (after at least a month) so I suspect > the kernel's entropy generation would be sufficient if it didn't > artificially stall or drain from within the kernel.
Agreed, I suspect you do indeed have a problem.
What is the output of `/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail' when programs are stalled? Is it actually 0?
Can you see if any programs are perhaps draining entropy in the background? See what has /dev/[u]random open ... note even /dev/urandom uses entropy, its the same as /dev/random, except it doesn't care when the entropy estimate is 0.
Robert Love
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