Re: Random seed and possible blocking of /dev/random

[Michael Ströder]

Claus Assmann wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> 
> > That would be a good idea, I think.  Personally, I'd say
> > /etc/.egd-socket rather than /etc/egd-socket.  This removes some
> > possibilities for "accidents" as well.  Yes, this is security by
> > obscurity...
> 
> Please don't use /etc, it's for configuration files, not for files
> which are changing all the time. That should be /var.  *BSD and
> Solaris seem to have /var/run (at least my boxes do), so that might
> be a good candidate.

/var/run exists on (S.u.S.E.) Linux too. And you can have an extra
directory under /var/run with proper permissions for egd if
necessary.

Ciao, Michael.
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