1995-10-31 - Re: /dev/random for FreeBSD [was: Re: /dev/random for Linux]
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From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To: “Josh M. Osborne” <stripes@va.pubnix.com>
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Message ID: <199510310612.IAA03091@grumble.grondar.za>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-10-31 06:32:45 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 14:32:45 +0800
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From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 14:32:45 +0800
To: "Josh M. Osborne" <stripes@va.pubnix.com>
Subject: Re: /dev/random for FreeBSD [was: Re: /dev/random for Linux]
Message-ID: <199510310612.IAA03091@grumble.grondar.za>
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> When /dev/random doesn't have "enough" enthropy left does reading
> from it return an error, or block? I would strongly suggest
> blocking, as the non-blocking behavur is not really all that useful.
It returns EOF.
M
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