Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:17:16 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: user-mode port 0.56-2.4.18-15 |
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Hi!
> > Why don't you just feed your /dev/random from hosts /dev/random? > > That would open up DOS attacks on the host. A nasty person inside a UML > could drain the host's /dev/random and hang anything on the host that needs > random numbers.
Okay, make it /dev/urandom ;-).
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