Re: Random Device
- To: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb@MIT.EDU>, ed@tao.ca
- Cc: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org, help-hurd@gnu.org
- Subject: Re: Random Device
- From: Werner Koch <wk@isil.d.shuttle.de>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 21:38:26 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19981104213826.D21129@isil.d.shuttle.de>
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"Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb@MIT.EDU> writes:
> I've thought a little about this. I think the best sources of random
> bits come from disk latencies and keystroke patterns and network
Especially keystrokes. Ted Tso's driver is GPLed and not very system
dependend. (/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/random.c)
> I certainly think it would be a useful thing to port.
Yes. I'd really appreciate this.
Werner
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