On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 01:42:00PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:26:47PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote: > > The distinction between /dev/random and /dev/urandom boils down to one > > word: paranoia. If you are not paranoid enough to mistrust your > > network, then /dev/random IS NOT FOR YOU. Use /dev/urandom. > > But currently, people who use /dev/urandom to obtain low-quality > entropy do a DoS for the paranoid people.
Not true, as I've already pointed out in this thread. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
