From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 13 15:36:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62F9916A417 for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:36:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7BDC13C45B for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:36:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8DFaUBM018615; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:36:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C5795B862; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:36:30 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:36:30 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Per olof Ljungmark Message-ID: <20070913153630.GA9448@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Per olof Ljungmark , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <46E94F9A.6050707@intersonic.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="17pEHd4RhPHOinZp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46E94F9A.6050707@intersonic.se> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/random question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:36:33 -0000 --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 04:56:26PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Could someone on the list point me to a document that explains the=20 > functionality of /dev/random in FreeBSD in a little more depth than the m= an=20 > page? In other OS's I've looked at random and urandom are different, here= =20 > it's a symlink (talking about RELENG-6 onwards). =20 FreeBSD uses the yarrow algorithm, as mentioned in random(4). See=20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarrow_algorithm http://www.schneier.com/yarrow.html Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFG6Vj+EnfvsMMhpyURAsFRAKCL3DTF+HBfwZXipCbO8Y7EesV+igCeLOji vuct5mGlC2unLC7txy0PA2Q= =0zsG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp--