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SubjectRe: Why does reading from /dev/urandom deplete entropy so much?
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 02:32:05PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>...
> Sounds like a local DoS attack point to me...

As long as /dev/random is readable for all users there's no reason to
use /dev/urandom for a local DoS...

cu
Adrian

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