Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 14:15:25 -0700 From: Dave Hayes <dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a /dev/random Message-ID: <199510152115.OAA08404@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> writes:
>I am building devices, /dev/random and /dev/urandom that when read give
>random noise generated in and by the kernel.
How is this noise generated? Is it really random, by statistical
tests?
Is there any chance of having an option to take random bits from an
existing sound card if there is one there?
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