> David Schwartz wrote:
> > The Linux kernel is smart enough to determine by itself
> > what is or isn't a
> > good source of entropy ...
> No, as a matter of fact, it isn't -- the default kernel often
> blocks on /dev/random until keys are pressed or the mouse is
> moved -- disk and ne
David Schwartz wrote:
> The Linux kernel is smart enough to determine by itself what is or isn't a
> good source of entropy ...
No, as a matter of fact, it isn't -- the default kernel often
blocks on /dev/random until keys are pressed or the mouse is
moved -- disk and network events aren
> FreeBSD's implementation of /dev/random allows one to specify
> which interrupts stir the entropy pool. This, from the /etc/rc.conf
>
> and_irqs="4 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15"
>
> I haven't found anything similar on Linux, and would be grateful
> for suggestions. Most systems seem to think th
Bodo Moeller wrote:
>
> Michael Sierchio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > FreeBSD's implementation of /dev/random allows one to specify
> > which interrupts stir the entropy pool. This, from the /etc/rc.conf
> >
> > and_irqs="4 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15"
> >
> > I haven't found anything similar on L
Michael Sierchio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> FreeBSD's implementation of /dev/random allows one to specify
> which interrupts stir the entropy pool. This, from the /etc/rc.conf
>
> and_irqs="4 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15"
>
> I haven't found anything similar on Linux, and would be grateful
> for sug
Lutz Jaenicke wrote:
> OpenSSL on UNIX (not just on Linux) will automatically try to connect to
> /dev/urandom. It will never touch /dev/random without being explicitly
> told to do so, because /dev/random is normally blocking until enough
> entropy is available.
FreeBSD's implementation of /dev
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 06:08:14PM -0800, Sean Walton wrote:
> Go ahead and check the sources for the urandom file (using grep). I
> would suspect that since ANSIrand is not an automatically loaded package
> (you said that you had to install it manually), you have to configure
> your environme
On a related note, it would be nice if 'NO_FP_API' worked.
rand_win.c: In function `RAND_poll':
rand_win.c:696: `FILE' undeclared (first use in this function)
rand_win.c:696: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
rand_win.c:696: for each function it appears in.)
rand_win.c:69
Go ahead and check the sources for the urandom file (using grep). I
would suspect that since ANSIrand is not an automatically loaded package
(you said that you had to install it manually), you have to configure
your environment accordingly. [With UNIX-types, always assume that you
have to me
