>Ted Unangst <tedu <at> tedunangst.com> writes: > >> Any system that actually uses egd is so hopelessly broken you >> are better off just turning around and walking away. No software in >> 2014 should be using egd; no software in 2014 should support using egd >> by accident. > >This is wrong. The egd protocol is acceptable for getting random >bytes from a device not directly talked to by the kernel, such as >the Simtec entropyKey (either directly or via network), to applications >in cases where it is not possible to add these bytes to the kernel pool >(rare but possible especially in hosted scenarios). > >Of course the data from egd should only ever be used mixed with kernel- >provided entropyâ¦
You are free to run the egd daemon yourself. Maybe it is acceptable for you. This library will not use it. Ever. Get over it.
