On Sun, 08 Jun 2014, Bzzz wrote: > On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 10:03:59 +1000 > Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote: > > > What if the installer would just pull in some live video stream(s) > > such as YouTube, IPTV or even just live radio stations all via the > > Internet, would that help? > > No, because the RNG sampling is rare, so you need > some time to fill the random bucket.
Writing to /dev/random or /dev/urandom reseeds the RNG immediately, but with zero entropy credit. If you need entropy credit (to unblock /dev/random), you have to use something like rng-tools, as it requires an ioctl. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140608002628.gc20...@khazad-dum.debian.net
