> cryptographically strong stream it'll provide when /dev/random is > tapped? In principle, this'd leave more entropy available for > applications that really need it, especially on platforms that don't > generate a lot of entropy in the first place (servers).
As reported about a month ago, the evidence is that the /dev/random stream is not cryptographically strong. Collecting uuids generated from the kernel uuid random generator from the random generator in the kernel shows abnormal patterns of duplicates. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/