Re:USB Random Number Generator
by mistercow on Monday September 30, 2013 @07:51PM
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That is what I meant by "dilute", yes. Not a perfect metaphor, I guess. In point of fact, only /dev/random would be affected by that. /dev/urandom does not stall when it runs out of entropy; it just reuses the entropy in the pool and hopes for the best.
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Re:USB Random Number Generator
by Ellipsis753 on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @12:52PM
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OOps, You're quite right. I got urandom and random the mixed up in my head.