> I would like a standard, built into the OS, so I get this improved
> source of randomness right from the very first install.
You do get that already. It is not as bad as you might think.
Basically the install script dumps 64K of its own randomness to the
filesystem for the first boot, just lik
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 07:23:55PM +, Hendrickson, Kenneth wrote:
> Use Case
>
> I have several headless computers. Their only source of randomness is from
> the network. I also have a hardware true random number generator on another
> computer. I would like the headless computers to be a
Check out /etc/rc, and look for random_seed() and writes into /dev/arandom
On 2013 Nov 18 (Mon) at 19:23:55 + (+), Hendrickson, Kenneth wrote:
:Use Case
:
:I have several headless computers. Their only source of randomness is from
the network. I also have a hardware true random number
> I would like the headless computers to be able to access
> truly random numbers from a server - at the kernel level.
In addition, can a standard be developed and install scripts modified so that
during the install, the install script obtains a bunch of truly random numbers
from a server, to be
Use Case
I have several headless computers. Their only source of randomness is from the
network. I also have a hardware true random number generator on another
computer. I would like the headless computers to be able to access truly
random numbers from a server - at the kernel level.
I woul
