Re: /dev/random blocked

[Jos Vos <jos xos nl>]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 06:09:55AM -0400, Ken Snider wrote:

> /dev/random *WILL* block if there isn't enough entropy available to generate
> random data. For an unblocking /dev/random, use /dev/urandom, which will use
> "pseudo-random" data when system entropy is low.

Well, we're talking about a busy ftp server that handles continuous
200+ Mbps traffic read from 30+ SCSI disks, etc.

Do you *really* think entropy is too low on that system? ;-)

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