Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: 1-mb-random-data
Version : 1
Upstream Author : entropy
* URL : /dev/urandom
* License : ? (may violate various licenses at random, though
probably won't)
Description : one megabyte
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Joey Hess wrote:
I intend to dd if=/dev/urandom of=debian/tmp/usr/lib/1-mb-random-data
Will this be available via CVS?
;)
Mike
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 01:08:55 -0500, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: 1-mb-random-data
Version : 1
Upstream Author : entropy
* URL : /dev/urandom
* License : ? (may violate various licenses at random, though
Scripsit Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Description : one megabyte of pseudo-random data
I intend to dd if=3D/dev/urandom of=3Ddebian/tmp/usr/lib/1-mb-random-data
Please, please, no! /dev/urandom does not reliably deliver
pseudo-random data. There is a chance that fresh entropy will arrive
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:17:57AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
| Please, please, no! /dev/urandom does not reliably deliver
| pseudo-random data. There is a chance that fresh entropy will arrive
| in the middle of the computation and mess up with the pseudoness.
No, I already covered that in
[ CCing debian-hurd ]
Hi Joey,
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:08:55AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: 1-mb-random-data
Version : 1
Upstream Author : entropy
* URL : /dev/urandom
* License : ? (may violate various
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