Re:Ruby Bug: SecureRandom should try /dev/urandom first
by viraptor on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:23AM
(#11626583)
It's configurable. You can even forward host's /dev/urandom as guest's /dev/random.
Re:Ruby Bug: SecureRandom should try /dev/urandom first
by matt_wulfeck on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @11:55AM
(#11629218)
Actually it's not supported with virtio-rng. Here[0] is a proposed patch to add support.
[0] http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-March/msg010...
I don't even think the solution is to point everything to /dev/urandom. Why maintain two? Why constantly have to explain to people the difference? The BSD developers merged both devices into /dev/urandom and I think that's the right approach.