From: Tom Vier <tmv@comcast.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /dev/random broken?
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:30:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030628233013.GA12370@zero> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3EFE2231.2050707@libero.it>
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 01:18:09AM +0200, Luca T. wrote:
> dd if=/dev/random of=./xxx bs=1024 count=100
> it will just sit there and stare at me until i move the mouse... and
> Is this a bug? If yes... do you have any idea that would help me fix it?
no, use /dev/urandom. man urandom. read drivers/char/random.c.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-28 23:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-28 23:18 /dev/random broken? Luca T.
2003-06-28 23:26 ` Rudo Thomas
2003-06-28 23:29 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-06-28 23:30 ` Tom Vier [this message]
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2003-06-28 23:24 Luca T.
2003-07-01 4:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] <E19WOvK-0001I7-00@andromeda>
2003-06-29 2:10 ` Justin Pryzby
2003-06-29 2:31 ` Robert Love
2003-06-29 2:36 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
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