Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:30:13 -0400 | From | Tom Vier <> | Subject | Re: /dev/random broken? |
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 01:18:09AM +0200, Luca T. wrote: > dd if=/dev/random of=./xxx bs=1024 count=100 > it will just sit there and stare at me until i move the mouse... and > Is this a bug? If yes... do you have any idea that would help me fix it?
no, use /dev/urandom. man urandom. read drivers/char/random.c.
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