Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265485AbTF1XMq (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:12:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265483AbTF1XMp (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:12:45 -0400 Received: from ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.19.221]:10119 "EHLO ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265472AbTF1XMd (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:12:33 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 01:26:42 +0200 From: Rudo Thomas To: "Luca T." Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /dev/random broken? Message-ID: <20030629012641.A23587@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz> Mail-Followup-To: "Luca T." , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3EFE2231.2050707@libero.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3EFE2231.2050707@libero.it>; from luca-t@libero.it on Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 01:18:09AM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 471 Lines: 12 > Is this a bug? No, it is not. If there's not enough random data available, reading from /dev/random will block. Moving the mouse around will generate some interrupts (or other stuff) that contribute to the entropy... Rudo. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/