On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Evan McNabb wrote:
> > I'd look for any processes with open file handles to /dev/random.
>
> We killed the one process that was using it.
Fascinating. Open two xterms, and in each, run `od -c /dev/random`. On my
system, one gets almost all the entropy. And entropy_avail sits at 0.
That might qualify for a kernel patch - root should get priority on
/dev/random, and others should have equal access without getting starved.
-J
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