Re: Concurrent access to /dev/urandom

Bernard Normier
2004-11-29T23:18:10Z

>> I use /dev/urandom to generate UUIDs by reading 16 random bytes from
>> /dev/urandom (very much like e2fsprogs' libuuid).
>
> Why not use /dev/random for such data instead?

A UUID generator that blocks from time to time waiting for entropy would not
be usable.

Cheers,
Bernard