Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261311AbUK0TYv (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:24:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261310AbUK0TYv (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:24:51 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:38294 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261314AbUK0TY0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:24:26 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:24:14 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Javier Villavicencio cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: no entropy and no output at /dev/random (quick question) In-Reply-To: <41A804CD.5070007@migraciones.gov.ar> Message-ID: References: <41A7EDA1.5000609@migraciones.gov.ar> <41A804CD.5070007@migraciones.gov.ar> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 651 Lines: 20 >Is this a normal behaviour?, or, I think i've readed this somewhere, Yes, standard behavior. Programs using /dev/random even request you to hit a few keys or move the mouse. >it's encouraged to use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random? Yes, because 'random' might run out of entropy. > Jan Engelhardt -- Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Am Fassberg, 37077 Göttingen, www.gwdg.de - 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/