[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/08/2003 08:39:32 PM: > Laurie Savage wrote: > >I tried both of your ideas with no success. /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp > >returned no output and cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp issued white noise, but --snip-- > Further more, yes -- the cat command should return "white" noise / a > static sort of noise. This is because /dev/urandom generates random > garbage that can be handy, say when generating a gpg key. >
It should be noted that /dev/urandom is not as secure for encryption as /dev/random 'man 4 random' for the answer. Cheers, Scott -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
