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

[Herbert Xu]

David Wagner <daw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Yes, for almost all purposes, applications should use /dev/urandom,
> not /dev/random.  (The names for these devices are unfortunate.)
> Sadly, many applications fail to follow these rules, and consequently
> /dev/random's entropy pool often ends up getting depleted much faster
> than it has to be.

I agree with your conclusion that applications should use urandom.
However, IIRC /dev/urandom depletes the entropy pool just as fast
as /dev/random...

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