ITP: 1-mb-random-data -- one megabyte of pseudo-random data

2003-11-12 Thread Joey Hess
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: 1-mb-random-data Version : 1 Upstream Author : entropy * URL : /dev/urandom * License : ? (may violate various licenses at random, though probably won't) Description : one megabyte

Re: ITP: 1-mb-random-data -- one megabyte of pseudo-random data

2003-11-12 Thread Mike Dresser
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Joey Hess wrote: I intend to dd if=/dev/urandom of=debian/tmp/usr/lib/1-mb-random-data Will this be available via CVS? ;) Mike

Re: ITP: 1-mb-random-data -- one megabyte of pseudo-random data

2003-11-12 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 01:08:55 -0500, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: 1-mb-random-data Version : 1 Upstream Author : entropy * URL : /dev/urandom * License : ? (may violate various licenses at random, though

Re: ITP: 1-mb-random-data -- one megabyte of pseudo-random data

2003-11-12 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : one megabyte of pseudo-random data I intend to dd if=3D/dev/urandom of=3Ddebian/tmp/usr/lib/1-mb-random-data Please, please, no! /dev/urandom does not reliably deliver pseudo-random data. There is a chance that fresh entropy will arrive

Re: ITP: 1-mb-random-data -- one megabyte of pseudo-random data

2003-11-12 Thread Cameron Patrick
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:17:57AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: | Please, please, no! /dev/urandom does not reliably deliver | pseudo-random data. There is a chance that fresh entropy will arrive | in the middle of the computation and mess up with the pseudoness. No, I already covered that in

Re: ITP: 1-mb-random-data -- one megabyte of pseudo-random data

2003-11-12 Thread Robert Millan
[ CCing debian-hurd ] Hi Joey, On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:08:55AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: 1-mb-random-data Version : 1 Upstream Author : entropy * URL : /dev/urandom * License : ? (may violate various