On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, David Kramer wrote:
> Just to add to to this a little, /dev/random is a queue of numbers that > get built up from real-world events, like keystrokes and mouse movements. > That's why when generating PGP keys you need to type- otherwise PGP just > sucks the queue dry and waits for more, Reading from /dev/urandom, in contrast, will never block. If the queue runs dry, Linux will start to use a cryptographic algorithm to generate pseudorandom numbers. You can use /dev/urandom if you can live with a lower quality of random numbers and if performance is more important. Werner _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
