>>>>> "pf" == parv fm <parv> writes:

pf> in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
pf> wrote Fernando Gleiser thusly...
>> 
>> It is not good to mess with /dev/[u]random more than what's really
>> needed, because you can exhaust the entropy pool

pf> how does /dev/u?random dilute/exhaust?  that wouldn't have ever
pf> occurred in my naive brain; can't the entropy pool be replenished?

pf> enlighten please.

man 4 random


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