>So far I haven't seen any userland tools for updating the entropy count.
>
>This is unfortunate, because sometimes I generate entropy on one machine
>and want to pipe it into the /dev/random pool.
>
>However, I cannot update entropy counts [...]
This is a security feature. If non-root programs c
At 10:54 PM -0600 12/3/05, Travis H. wrote:
I'm dissatisfied with the state of /dev/random devices on Unix.
Depends on what you mean by "Unix". FreeBSD 5 and 6 have much of what you want.
So far I haven't seen any userland tools for updating the entropy count.
From 'man 4 random':
If t
I'm dissatisfied with the state of /dev/random devices on Unix. Here
are my gripes:
So far I haven't seen any userland tools for updating the entropy count.
This is unfortunate, because sometimes I generate entropy on one machine
and want to pipe it into the /dev/random pool.
However, I cannot
