On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:26:47PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote: > The distinction between /dev/random and /dev/urandom boils down to one > word: paranoia. If you are not paranoid enough to mistrust your > network, then /dev/random IS NOT FOR YOU. Use /dev/urandom.
But currently, people who use /dev/urandom to obtain low-quality entropy do a DoS for the paranoid people. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- 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/