On 6/14/07, Joey K Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
pgseed =: 3 : '9!:1 {. _2 (3!:4) (4?4){ host ''dd if=/dev/random
bs=4 count=1'''
I believe /dev/urandom is almost always a better choice than /dev/random
/dev/random is, theoretically, less predictable than /dev/random
However, I've never seen any practical explanations of how to
exploit this distinction (other than by compromising the whole
machine, but if that's the case you have much bigger problems).
On the other hand, /dev/urandom always responds immediately,
while /dev/random may stall for an arbitrary length of time.
--
Raul
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