Subject: Re: creating random files
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/08/1999 16:52:43
On Mar 9, matthew green wrote
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> i'd prefer it used /dev/urandom. you're gonna want a fair
> bit of data and i imagine you might run /dev/random out if
> you're not careful.
Ok, but ... what's the difference between /dev/random and /dev/urandom ?
I counldn't find a man page for it.
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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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