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LCE: Don't play dice with random numbers

LCE: Don't play dice with random numbers

Posted Nov 25, 2012 17:15 UTC (Sun) by gmaxwell (subscriber, #30048)
In reply to: LCE: Don't play dice with random numbers by gmaxwell
Parent article: LCE: Don't play dice with random numbers

er. I should have also mentioned that most rng daemons— HAVEGE being the most obvious exception— fill far too infrequently to actually keep the tiny pool non-dry on many systems.


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