Re:Myths about /dev/urandom (2014)
by John_KZ on Saturday August 18, 2018 @08:10AM
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Why should it be made non-blocking? If you want a large string with little entropy just use /dev/urandom.
The political/dogmatic argument is that is should be made non-blocking. The process of acquiring entropy in typical computers is definitely blocking.
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What does "acquiring entropy" mean here? There is no reason a properly seeded CSPRNG should ever need to block.
I don't think you understand how CSPRNGs work.