On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:42:49AM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > The original point was that urandom draws entropy from random, and that > it is an an inobvious and unintentional drain on the entropy pool. At > least that's how I read it.
And you are reading it correct. At least one of the major TLS libraries does it this way, putting unnecessary stress on the kernel entropy pool. While I now consider this a bug in the library, there surely are gazillions of similiarily flawed applications out there in the wild. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- 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/
