Theodore Ts'o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > With a properly set up set of init scripts, /dev/random is > initialized with seed material for all but the initial boot
What about CD-ROM based distros (e.g., Knoppix), where every boot is the initial boot? > (and even that problem can be solved by having the distribution's > install scripts set up /var/lib/urandom/random-seed after installing > the system). Could you elaborate? How should Knoppix seed its /dev/urandom? Would reading 256 bits from /dev/random and writing them to /dev/urandom do the job? - Pat - 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/
