Re: no entropy and no output at /dev/random (quick question)

[Javier Villavicencio]

Javier Villavicencio wrote:
>
> # cat /dev/random (5 minutes, the server working, nothing)
> ctrl+c
> # cat /dev/urandom
> <snip> (lots of randomness)

Playing with my desktop machine (which is newer and completely different 
from the servers) I've found that I run out of entropy -REALLY FAST-, 
even this one is supposed to have those hardware random stuff generators.

Is this a normal behaviour?, or, I think i've readed this somewhere, 
it's encouraged to use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random?

Salu2.

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      Javier Villavicencio
     Administrador/Consultor
Direccion Nacional de Migraciones
     Ministerio del Interior
      Republica Argentina
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