> I see the opposite. I see that without writing to the /dev/random > device I get a cons is an object that cares fortune 99+% of the time > on my first login. With it, I see more decently random fortunes (but > I haven't done a statistical analysis of them to see how random things > are). Is it just me, or have there been more problems achieving real statistical randomness since /dev/random went in, than at any other time in BSD history? I booted a 1.5 system a couple of times for grins. It gives you a different fortune each time. Note that 1.5 "lacked" /dev/random. Perhaps it's time to rename it as /dev/deliberate? Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message