On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Gisle Vanem wrote:
> "Doug Kaufman" wrote:
>
> > I also looked at the problem of DJGPP not having had a good way of
> > getting entropy to seed the PNRG. I made a change to let DJGPP use the
> > rand_egd mechanism. I don't see any reason why it can't work in DJGPP
> > and now seems to be polling the socket when tested.
>
> The rand_egd.c code uses an AF_UNIX socket which isn't supported in
> Watt-32 (it would return -1). The net effect would be the same as before your
> patch.
I now see that in watt-32's socket.c, only AF_INET would be supported.
Can we do something similar with AF_INET to gather entropy?
Doug
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