Messages in this thread | | | From | (David Wagner) | Subject | Re: no entropy and no output at /dev/random (quick question) | Date | Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:20:28 +0000 (UTC) |
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Javier Villavicencio wrote: >it's encouraged to use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random?
Yes, for almost all purposes, applications should use /dev/urandom, not /dev/random. (The names for these devices are unfortunate.) Sadly, many applications fail to follow these rules, and consequently /dev/random's entropy pool often ends up getting depleted much faster than it has to be. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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