Re: insufficient entropy for rnd
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.devel.crypto |
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>Maybe Cyrus SASL (mine is 2.1.12 from pkgsrc) could be compiled >to use /dev/urandom instead, but for me this sounds more like >a workaround than a solution at least for a crypto purpose. >Wouldn't it be better to figure out more entropy sources >for a better feed of rnd? I also wonder how big the entropy >gathering pool is and how long it "caches" the entropy >that has been gathered. it really depends on your system configuration. try rndctl -l and add suitable random number source. i think use of /dev/urandom is okay here, but your milage may vary. itojun