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Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 12:44:23 -0800
From: David Ford <david@linux.com>
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To: Igmar Palsenberg <maillist@chello.nl>
CC: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com>,
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Subject: Re: /dev/random probs in 2.4test(12-pre3)
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> Making /dev/random block if the amount requirements aren't met makes sense
> to me. If I request x bytes of random stuff, and get less, I probably
> reread /dev/random. If it's entropy pool is exhausted it makes sense to be
> to block.

This is the job of the program accessing /dev/random.  Open it blocking or
non-blocking and read until you satisfy your read buffer.

-d


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