-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Roger, what do you think of the idea of having /dev/urandom as an alternative rng for embedded devices as a build option?
News Assi wrote: > Hi, > >> perhaps openwrt hasn't got urandom? urandom is pretty intensive as >> far as i know, it'd definitely load the little router hard. i'd say >> the devs will be able to tell you if there's anything that can be >> done. > > there is an /dev/urandom, but the load is very high... So that could be > the reason... > >> my initial thought is edit the source and change all references >> to /dev/urandom to /dev/random - this would reduce the randomness a >> bit but would also reduce loading (and in this case, may enable it to >> run) > > Perhaps it is an idea to create to package (urandom and random usage). > > Bye -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFG4OBGkOzwaes7JsRA+itAJ0RQN+tax7g86DJEVEKxJ4APijoCwCgsH5Q dUqIVn4KgJnsnKf+/16uSz8= =g+vt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----