Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 29 Jun 2003 01:26:42 +0200 | From | Rudo Thomas <> | Subject | Re: /dev/random broken? |
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> Is this a bug?
No, it is not. If there's not enough random data available, reading from /dev/random will block. Moving the mouse around will generate some interrupts (or other stuff) that contribute to the entropy...
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