From: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dilution of /dev/urandom References: <20021006005506.W308-100000@atlas.home> <20021006161444.H90352-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> <20021006235820.GA25131@moo.holy.cow>
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>>>>> "pf" == parv fm <parv> writes: pf> in message <20021006161444.H90352-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar>, pf> 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 pf> how does /dev/u?random dilute/exhaust? that wouldn't have ever pf> occurred in my naive brain; can't the entropy pool be replenished? pf> enlighten please. man 4 random -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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