On Sat, 24 May 2008 20:29:51 +0100 Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Of course, we have now persuaded even the most stubborn OS that > randomness matters, and most of them make it available, so perhaps > this concern is moot. > > Though I would be interested to know how well they do it! I did have > some input into the design for FreeBSD's, so I know it isn't > completely awful, but how do other OSes stack up? > I believe that all open source Unix-like systems have /dev/random and /dev/urandom; Solaris does as well. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]