Re: Why does reading from /dev/urandom deplete entropy so much?

Matt Mackall
2007-12-09T16:17:56Z

On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 01:42:00PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:26:47PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > The distinction between /dev/random and /dev/urandom boils down to one
> > word: paranoia. If you are not paranoid enough to mistrust your
> > network, then /dev/random IS NOT FOR YOU. Use /dev/urandom.
>
> But currently, people who use /dev/urandom to obtain low-quality
> entropy do a DoS for the paranoid people.

Not true, as I've already pointed out in this thread.

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