On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 23:43 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote: > I've always heard that you can get faster random numbers by generating > a lot of interrupts. I usually do something like > run /etc/cron.daily/mlocate to generate a lot of disk activity.
I've always wondered whether that would provide it with real random seeding, or seeding with a pattern that might be determinable. After all, you're basing it on the disk contents. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
