Nicholas Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <9bvq1p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Garth Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Since MacOS X is based on BSD, doesn't it have access to /dev/random? Or is
>> that Linux-only?
> No, OS X doesn't have a /dev/random, basically because none's been
> written. The part of OS X that needs to change is all open-source, so
> it's just waiting for someone to think of it...
Actually, scanning the Darwin development list
(you can search the archives here:
http://www.darwinfo.org/devlist.php3 )
it looks like a gentleman named Louis Gerbarg has put quite
a bit of work into a working /dev/random for Darwin.
Might be worth looking into.
-d.w.
