On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:28:15 +0200, Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On which OS? On Linux for example VIA RNG can be accessed through
> /dev/hwrandom, but not through /dev/random. At least it was the case
> last time I checked...

I am assuming you are using an EGD to process raw entropy from
/dev/hw_random or direct xstore reads into /dev/random.  You do not
want to use entropy from /dev/hw_random without doing some FIPS sanity
checks first.
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