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From: Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PRNG is not seeded
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:26:21
Message-Id: 200803271726.12299.wonko@wonkology.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] PRNG is not seeded by Roger Mason
1 Roger Mason writes:
2
3 > Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org> writes:
4 [/dev/random, /dev/urandom]
5 > > Does anyone know what exactly creates these device nodes and why it
6 > > could fail?
7 >
8 > Some kernel option?
9 >
10 > grep RANDOM /usr/src/linux/.config
11 > CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
12 > CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL=y
13 > CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_AMD=y
14 > CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_GEODE=y
15 > CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIA=y
16
17 No, I think they are for special hardware randoem generators only. I don't
18 heve those enabled in my .config.
19
20 Wonko
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Re: [gentoo-user] PRNG is not seeded Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>