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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 11:09:51 +0000 (GMT)
From: Matthew Kirkwood <matthew@hairy.beasts.org>
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Subject: Re: /dev/random probs in 2.4test(12-pre3)
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On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 folkert@vanheusden.com wrote:

> > open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY)           = 3
> > read(3, "q\321Nu\204\251^\234i\254\350\370\363\"\305\366R\2708V"..., 72) = 29
> > close(3)                                = 0

> I've seen that happen with kernel version 2.2.16!

Indeed, you are correct.  Is vpnd broken then, for assuming
that it can gather the required randomness in one read?

Matthew.

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