Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:43:49 +0100 (CET) | From | Sven-Haegar Koch <> | Subject | Re: Concurrent access to /dev/urandom |
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Bernard Normier wrote:
>>> I use /dev/urandom to generate UUIDs by reading 16 random bytes from >>> /dev/urandom (very much like e2fsprogs' libuuid). >> >> Why not use /dev/random for such data instead? > > A UUID generator that blocks from time to time waiting for entropy would not > be usable.
Especially when used on a box without any effective entropy source - like praktically most cheap servers stashed away into some rack.
c'ya sven
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