> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Simon Perreault
> <simon.perrea...@viagenie.ca> wrote:
> > I'm trying to use /dev/srandom, but I can't get even a single byte out
> > of it.
> 
> Independent of other problems, I don't think you should be using
> srandom.  We should just take that interface away, people see it and
> then they want to use it, but it doesn't work the way they want.

Taking it away would first require an extensive audit of the ports
tree -- to make sure that the applications in there don't end up
choosing something even *worse* than srandom...

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