Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:27:14 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Continuing /dev/random problems with 2.4 |
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Peter Monta wrote:
>>Anything that is meant to be a server really pretty much needs an >>enthropy generator these days. >> > > Many motherboards have on-board sound. Why not turn the mic > gain all the way up and use the noise---surely there will be > a few bits' worth? > > Perhaps there ought to be a way to give bits to the kernel's > /dev/random input hopper from user space. >
There already is. If I'm not completely mistaken, just write the raw data to /dev/random, then there is an ioctl() saying "add N bits to the entrophy counter."
-hpa
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