Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 01:15:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /dev/random? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980702011435.18536o-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199806292158.RAA23991@brown.pfcs.com>
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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Harlan Stenn wrote: > When I to read a hunk of data from /dev/random I get a logical EOF pretty > quickly. > > Is there a way around this? Yes, use /dev/urandom instead. /dev/random stops when the entropy pool is empty. See the random(4) manpage for details... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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