Groups > comp.os.linux.development.system > #632

Re: shred or scrub

Path	csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!news.netfront.net!gonzo.reversiblemaps.ath.cx!not-for-mail
From	Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.development.system, comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject	Re: shred or scrub
Date	19 Apr 2014 07:42:46 GMT
Organization	JJ's own news server
Lines	15
Message-ID	<lit9dm$vif$1@gonzo.reversiblemaps.ath.cx> (permalink)
References	<limvgj$tse$1@dont-email.me> <lio9r0$3jl$1@dont-email.me> <lisn3i$elq$1@dont-email.me>
NNTP-Posting-Host	118.90.42.252
X-Trace	adenine.netfront.net 1397894496 39376 118.90.42.252 (19 Apr 2014 08:01:36 GMT)
X-Complaints-To	news@netfront.net
NNTP-Posting-Date	Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:01:36 +0000 (UTC)
X-Face	?)Aw4rXwN5u0~$nqKj`xPz>xHCwgi^q+^?Ri+R(&uv2=E1Q0Zk(>h!~o2ID@6{uf8s;a +M[5[U[QT7xFN%^gR"=tuJw%TXXR'Fp~W;(T"1(739R%m0YyyvgkGoPA.$b,D.w:z+<'"=-lVT?6 {T?=R^:W5g\|E2#EhjKCa+nt":4b}dU7GYBHBxn&Td$@f%.kl^:7X8rQWd[NTc"P"u6nkisze/Q;8 "9Z{peQF,w)7UjV$c\|RO/mQW/NMgWfr5$-Z%u46"/00mx-,\R'fLPe.)^
User-Agent	slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux)
Xref	csiph.com comp.os.linux.development.system:632 comp.os.linux.development.apps:700

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

Show key headers only | View raw

On 2014-04-19, Bill Cunningham <nospam@nspam.invalid> wrote:
> crankypuss wrote:
>
>> There exist pseudo-devices 'zero', 'random', and 'urandom':
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_file#Pseudo-devices
>
>     What's the difference in urandom and random devices? 

Urandom us much faster, but less random.

-- 
umop apisdn


--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news@netfront.net ---

Back to comp.os.linux.development.system | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

shred or scrub "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-16 18:17 -0400
  Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-17 04:19 -0600
    Re: shred or scrub "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-18 22:30 -0400
      Re: shred or scrub Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2014-04-19 07:42 +0000
        Re: shred or scrub Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-04-19 10:04 +0100
      Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-19 02:15 -0600
      Re: shred or scrub Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-19 23:05 +0100
        Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-20 02:47 -0600
          Re: shred or scrub John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-04-20 07:56 -0500
            Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-21 03:51 -0600
              Re: shred or scrub Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2014-04-21 11:50 +0000
                Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-21 06:14 -0600
            Re: shred or scrub "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-21 18:44 -0400
          Re: shred or scrub Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-21 13:24 +0100
            Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-22 04:10 -0600
              Re: shred or scrub Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-22 14:39 +0100
  Re: shred or scrub Kristof Provost <kristof@codepro.be> - 2014-04-17 13:15 +0000
    Re: shred or scrub John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-04-17 09:40 -0500
      Re: shred or scrub Kristof Provost <kristof@codepro.be> - 2014-04-18 14:40 +0000
    Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-18 02:12 -0600
      Re: shred or scrub David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-04-18 11:49 +0200
        Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-18 09:59 -0600
          Re: shred or scrub David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-04-21 16:14 +0200
            Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-22 04:22 -0600
              Re: shred or scrub David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-04-23 00:06 +0200
                Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-23 05:50 -0600
                Re: shred or scrub David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-04-24 22:46 +0200
                Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-25 03:57 -0600
                Re: shred or scrub Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-25 19:14 +0100
                Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-26 04:02 -0600
                Re: shred or scrub Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-27 21:26 +0100
                Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-28 03:27 -0600
                Re: shred or scrub Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-28 12:17 +0100
                Re: shred or scrub Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-28 13:01 +0100
                Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-29 02:50 -0600
                UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design (was: shred or scrub) Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-05-05 21:31 +0100
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-05 16:02 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-05-06 01:17 +0200
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-06 01:46 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-05-06 15:09 +0100
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-06 23:47 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-05-07 16:23 +0100
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-07 10:51 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-05-07 20:25 +0000
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-08 03:50 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-05-08 20:24 +0000
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-09 02:23 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-05-09 18:36 +0100
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-05-09 21:24 +0100
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-05-07 22:01 +0100
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-08 03:37 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-05-08 14:02 +0100
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-09 02:56 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-05-07 00:15 +0200
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-07 00:32 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2014-05-07 08:47 +0000
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-07 10:59 -0600
                Re: UNIX(*)/ Linux history & system design Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-05-06 14:35 +0100
                Re: shred or scrub David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-04-26 16:30 +0200
                Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-27 05:59 -0600
                Re: shred or scrub Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-27 20:15 +0100
                Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-28 03:29 -0600
                Re: shred or scrub Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-28 12:06 +0100
                Re: shred or scrub David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-04-27 21:41 +0200
                Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-28 04:03 -0600
                Re: shred or scrub Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-04-28 16:44 +0100
                Re: shred or scrub David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-04-28 23:39 +0200
      Re: shred or scrub John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-04-18 07:37 -0500
        Re: shred or scrub crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-04-18 10:16 -0600
          Re: shred or scrub John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-04-18 12:01 -0500
      Re: shred or scrub Kristof Provost <kristof@codepro.be> - 2014-04-18 14:42 +0000
  Re: shred or scrub David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-04-17 16:41 +0200

csiph-web