On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 12:06:11AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> Another strange thing is that /dev/random should block when it > >> runs out of entropy - it doesen't seem to do so, however. And the > >> device doesen't seem to gain entropy that quickly. > > > > No, it should not block because it's not defined to block > > In FreeBSD > > > and that > > would be a bad interface anyway. > > The "u" in /dev/urandom means unblocking.
It also means "return stuff even when you have no more entropy". Can't get there from here. Kris
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