Re: kernel security questions
James Mastros (root@jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org)
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:53:48 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Dave Wreski wrote:
[...]
> I just didn't realize how random it actually is, and if its really meant for
> this purpose... And how about /dev/urandom?
"[Urandom] result in random numbers that are merely cryptographically strong."
The difference is that random will only return as much random data as it has
randomness to output. On the other hand, urandom will keep outputing data
'till the cows come home (happened recently <G>). See the comments at the
top of drivers/char/random.c.
-=- James Mastros
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