Myths About /dev/urandom

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story imageThe differences between /dev/random and /dev/urandom have spawned some misconceptions. This article attempts to explain some of the myths surrounding this perplexing random number device.

Also of interest, is a report on weak entropy in key generation, especially during bootup, and another report on the aftermath of Debian's recent OpenSSL vulnerability.

Re: Mostly handwavy nonsense himself (Score: 1)

by fatphil@pipedot.org on 2014-03-11 00:06 (#DZ)

>Some designs don't rely on pools (see Schneir's Yarrow).

So what are the fast accumulaion pool and the slow accumulation pool?
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