At 1/26/2002 02:42 PM -0600, you wrote: >Can someone tell me what the system entopy pool is (and maybe how it works) or >direct me to some documentation on it?
In brief, entropy is randomness. The "system entropy pool" is a place where the system gathers data which it can safely consider random (i.e. mouse movements, keypresses, etc. which are not predictable); this data is then later used for key generation, random number generation, and other tasks where being unpredictable is extremely important. Sorry, that's all I know and wouldn't know to where I should point you either. But hopefully this at least takes the sharp edge off your curiosity. -- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
