Re: Continuing /dev/random problems with 2.4

Jeff Garzik
2002-02-01T20:34:14Z

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:23:34PM -0800, Peter Monta wrote:
> > Anything that is meant to be a server really pretty much needs an
> > enthropy generator these days.
>
> Many motherboards have on-board sound. Why not turn the mic
> gain all the way up and use the noise---surely there will be
> a few bits' worth?

Even if you think you have a good true source of random noise, you need
to run good fitness tests on the data to ensure it's truly random.

Jeff