Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 19:58:20 -0400 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> Cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: dilution of /dev/urandom Message-ID: <20021006235820.GA25131@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20021006161444.H90352-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> References: <20021006005506.W308-100000@atlas.home> <20021006161444.H90352-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
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in message <20021006161444.H90352-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar>, wrote Fernando Gleiser thusly... > > It is not good to mess with /dev/[u]random more than what's really > needed, because you can exhaust the entropy pool how does /dev/u?random dilute/exhaust? that wouldn't have ever occurred in my naive brain; can't the entropy pool be replenished? enlighten please. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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