Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach

From	Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach
Date	2016-06-21 09:20 +0200
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> wrote:
>> Personally, I don't really use /dev/random, nor would I recommend it
>> for most application programmers.  At this point, getrandom(2) really
>> is the preferred interface unless you have some very specialized
>> needs.
> I fully agree. But there are use cases for /dev/random, notably as a seed
> source for other DRNG.

Is that really the case? I believe all DRNG's use /dev/urandom anyway
for seeding since they cannot afford indeterminate blocking. It would
be a gain for everyone if /dev/random was the same as /dev/urandom in
Linux.

regards,
Nikos

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[PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-06-19 18:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] crypto: Linux Random Number Generator Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-06-19 19:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] crypto: Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-06-19 20:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2016-06-19 21:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2016-06-19 22:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-06-20 08:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2016-06-20 10:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2016-06-20 17:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-06-20 17:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach "George Spelvin" <linux@sciencehorizons.net> - 2016-06-20 21:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> - 2016-06-21 09:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-06-21 09:40 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" <ahferroin7@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 18:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-06-21 18:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" <ahferroin7@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 20:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-06-21 20:50 +0200

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