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Ariel Weisberg updated CASSANDRA-9581:
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Description: We don't need secure random numbers (for unit tests) so
waiting for entropy doesn't make much sense. Luckily Java makes it easy to
point to /dev/urandom for entropy. It also transparently handles it correctly
on Windows. (was: We don't need secure random numbers so waiting for entropy
doesn't make much sense. Luckily Java makes it easy to point to /dev/urandom
for entropy. It also transparently handles it correctly on Windows.)
> pig-tests spend time waiting on /dev/random for SecureRandom
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> Key: CASSANDRA-9581
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-9581
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Test
> Reporter: Ariel Weisberg
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> We don't need secure random numbers (for unit tests) so waiting for entropy
> doesn't make much sense. Luckily Java makes it easy to point to /dev/urandom
> for entropy. It also transparently handles it correctly on Windows.
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