RE: no data from /dev/random on udb alpha

Robin Elfrink (r.elfrink@autosound.nl)
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:09:03 +0200


> /dev/random is a blocking device that won't write anything until it
> has enough entropy is in the pool to give you a strong random number.
> Try /dev/urandom for an immediate answer.

Just found out that /dev/random not giving me anything was not my problem.
Two other alpha's (also Multia's) _do_ give data, but the software (vpnd) I
want to run didn't work on them either.

Probably (like Matti Aarnio said) has to do with the size of long or
something similar.

Robin

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