also sprach Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> [2006.07.04.1717 +0200]:
> Does cat /dev/urandom blocks at all?
No, and I can get a good rate out of it:
node04:/dev# pv -r /dev/urandom >/dev/null ---> [5.64MB/s]
> If you *really* want to be sure nothing is using /dev/random
> behind your back, temporarily move it out of the way and make it
> the same as /dev/urandom.
Done, no change.
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