Hi all! I saw this some time ago and I just want to double-check with you guys.
In the bootscript `random', as can be found in: blfs-bootscripts-20090302.tar.bz2 which is the tarball referenced in the current BLFS dev book, chapter 2; the file `/var/tmp/random-seed', which (as I reckon) holds the random seed between boots is not deleted after its contents have been read into `/dev/urandom'. Now, I myself am not an expert in Linux random number generation and the system interface for the managment of seeds et cetera, but.. is this the way it's supposed to happen? Why leave it? Second question: why does it do this on start (and not only on stop)? /bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/tmp/random-seed count=1 &>/dev/null -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
