Re: /dev/random is hot garbage

2019-07-23 Thread Paul.Koning
> On Jul 21, 2019, at 5:03 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 08:50:30PM +, paul.kon...@dell.com wrote: >> /dev/urandom is equivalent to /dev/random if there is adequate entropy, >> but it will also deliver random numbers not suitable for cr

fallocate for ffs

2019-07-23 Thread APOORV SACHAN
hi! i am apoorv! I'm interested in working on this project. fallocate for ffs: https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/ffs-fallocate/ can you direct me further ? thanks

Re: /dev/random is hot garbage

2019-07-23 Thread Thor Lancelot Simon
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 07:11:34PM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: > > It looks like we need a paravirt random driver for xen that could solve > the rust / random(6) problem. Or just run on a CPU that has RDRAND / RDSEED available. Our package builders are old; I'd chip in a few bucks to replace