>> Can we create a random stream for all such situations instead of a >> file? Say open a TCP/IP connection to some NetBSD server that spits >> out a X number of random bytes by its random generator and then >> closes the stream? > You want this to happen on the *local* network.
Ideally, sure. But is it better to have potentially snooped randomness or no randomness? That's a serious question. I could argue it either way myself, though in my opinion it largely depends on the purposes the resulting system is going to be put to. But that's equally true of requiring strong randomness at all; if I didn't think it were utterly futile, I'd be asking for allowance to be made for systems that don't need randomness. (But then, I'd also be asking for various other things that NetBSD has recently gone in diametrically opposed directions to.) /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
