Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Dec 2007 23:03:45 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Why does reading from /dev/urandom deplete entropy so much? |
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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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