pavel@suse.cz said:
> Okay, make it /dev/urandom ;-).
Doesn't /dev/urandom have exactly the same DOS properties as /dev/random?
I.e. it reads real random numbers until the entropy pool is empty, then
starts returning pseudo-random numbers? If so, things on the host will
still hang when they then try to read /dev/random.
Also, UML processes deserve crytographically secure numbers just as much as
host proceses do. When something opens /dev/random, /dev/random is exactly
what it should get.
Jeff
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