Re: Re: Random number generation

2000-11-21 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 07:24:07PM +0100, Wolfgang Häfelinger wrote: > Hi, > since I have the same problem and since there is almost no useful > documentation available, what I'm supposed to do if there is > /dev/random but it blocks? Note: Don't have /dev/urandom. If you need a nonblockin

Re: Re: Random number generation

2000-11-20 Thread Tim Newsham
> Hi, > since I have the same problem and since there is almost no useful > documentation available, what I'm supposed to do if there is > /dev/random but it blocks? Note: Don't have /dev/urandom. you can read as much as is available, with a non-blocking file descriptor or with FIONREAD. If

Re: Re: Random number generation

2000-11-20 Thread Wolfgang=20H=E4felinger
Hi, since I have the same problem and since there is almost no useful documentation available, what I'm supposed to do if there is /dev/random but it blocks? Note: Don't have /dev/urandom. Btw, is there any useful documentation around or in progress? Bye, Wolfgang. [EMAIL PROTECTED] schri