On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 06:24:38PM +0000, Koning, Paul wrote: > > Isn't it as simple as: > > > > dd bs=32 if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/random > > > > ? > > That runs the risk of people thinking it adds entropy. I'd be more > comfortable with this: > > dd bs=32 if=/dev/zero of=/dev/random > > because it makes the security implications more obvious.
Both ways are equally unclear to anyone not looking deep enough. Your method could be read like "we start with empty state". Martin
