On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 02:43:09PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > xdm doesn't read the same amount of data when it's reading from a > (presumably) entropic device node.
I didn't assume that. > It reads eight size_t's. Surely that is not excessive. It's eight size_t's good entropy wasted for no important use still. In some environments, good entropy is really hard to get at. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/