/dev/random

[Doug Barton]

On 8/21/2012 10:22 PM, Gleb Kurtsou wrote:
> In my experience using *single* explicit entropy source was often a
> requirement. In some cases it was even forbidden to use internal PRNG of
> any sort, you had to wait for external randomness to become available.
> Anyway mixing several entropy sources was never acceptable. You either
> have good entropy/randomness source or not.

Been there, done that. :)  Hence my suggestion that we make it possible
for a dedicated device to be the sole feeder for /dev/random as one of
the three possible options.

Doug

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