On 2007-10-31 Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > However, this does _not_ block exim, I was able to send ten more > messages while entropy stayed firmly below 150. I suspect that current > gnutls has some safety measure that makes it use lesser quality > entropy after taking all of the good stuff.
Iirc gcrypt simply reads from /dev/urandom in this cae. This depletes entropy the same way reading from /dev/random does. cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
