(u)random on LPD404

Wed Nov 16 22:00:50 UTC 2005

On Wednesday 16 November 2005 22:00, Paul Blacquiere wrote:
> Hi
>
> Ok - quick fix create sym-link random->urandom
>
> Suspect bad config on my behalve for kernel build
> options.

Bear in mind that if it is working correctly, /dev/random will only return 
bits at the rate it can gather entropy, whereas /dev/urandom will 'improvise' 
if it needs to. Maybe /dev/random is just trying to do the Right Thing.

Chris

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