I'm not seeing /dev/hw_random. -- R; <><
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:22, Edmund R. MacKenty <ed.macke...@rocketsoftware.com> wrote: > On Monday 03 May 2010 03:10, Christian Borntraeger wrote: >>/dev/prandom is hardware supported pseudo random. >>See "Device Drivers, Features, and Commands" page 297 (313 in acrobat) >>http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/linux390/docu/lk33dd05.pdf >> >>The real random numbers from the crypto cards is available via >> /dev/hw_random See page 294 (310). >> >>If your application needs to use /dev/random, I think there are tools or >>daemons that feed entropy from hw_random into random. > > No need for special tools, just do this: > > rm /dev/random > ln /dev/hw_random /dev/random > > and all apps will use the random numbers from the crypto cards. > - MacK. > ----- > Edmund R. MacKenty > Software Architect > Rocket Software > 275 Grove Street · Newton, MA 02466-2272 · USA > Tel: +1.617.614.4321 > Email: m...@rs.com > Web: www.rocketsoftware.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
