On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 09:54:02PM -0400, Adam Back wrote:
> I think I found a sort of bug in that if you hold a key down, the
> entropy count increases rapidly, and yet the only entropy it will be
> getting in this circumstance is the clock jitter.
>
> You can see the effect if you do:
>
> % od -x < /dev/random
>
> and hold down for example the control key, or any other key. You get
> a continuous stream of output while you hold the key down. This
> applies whether or not you are using X.
>
What I don't understand is that it works only with the Control- Alt-
keys( and some others) on the right side of the kbd. Left side has no
effect at all. (Linux-2.2.16)
hjk
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