Re: /dev/random broken?

Tom Vier (tmv@comcast.net)
Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:30:13 -0400

On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 01:18:09AM +0200, Luca T. wrote:
> dd if=/dev/random of=./xxx bs=1024 count=100
> it will just sit there and stare at me until i move the mouse... and
> Is this a bug? If yes... do you have any idea that would help me fix it?

no, use /dev/urandom. man urandom. read drivers/char/random.c.

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