Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753611AbXLEMXk (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Dec 2007 07:23:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751668AbXLEMXd (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Dec 2007 07:23:33 -0500 Received: from torres.zugschlus.de ([85.214.68.41]:38871 "EHLO torres.zugschlus.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751464AbXLEMXc (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Dec 2007 07:23:32 -0500 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:23:29 +0100 From: Marc Haber To: Ray Lee Cc: Matt Mackall , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why does reading from /dev/urandom deplete entropy so much? Message-ID: <20071205122329.GB24685@torres.zugschlus.de> References: <20071204114125.GA17310@torres.zugschlus.de> <20071204161811.GB15974@stusta.de> <2c0942db0712040854u17a830b9see663742b2716457@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2c0942db0712040854u17a830b9see663742b2716457@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 971 Lines: 25 On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:54:52AM -0800, Ray Lee wrote: > (Why hasn't anyone been cc:ing Matt on this?) I didn't because I am not a regularly enough visitor of this mailing list to know who is in charge of what. > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:41:25PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > A PRNG is clearly unacceptable. Would a PRNG that is frequently re-seeded from true entropy be unacceptable as well? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- 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/