/dev/random and passwd

[Rob Landley]

On Tuesday 31 January 2006 11:07, Devin Bayer wrote:
> Tito wrote:
> > Hi,
> > maybe it is a good idea to add a config option to the passwd applet to
> > use /dev/random or /dev/urandom ?
>
> If you do, please make it a global option, so that all applets that do or
> will use random numbers can share the config. Currently this also includes
> udhcp and e2fsprogs.  I personally think urandom should always be used
> because if there isn't enough entropy available blocking on /dev/random
> isn't doing anybody any good.  But at least don't make me change the
> configuration in multiple places.

What he said.

Rob
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