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Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key

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On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 06:09:02PM -0400, eben@gmx.us wrote:
> On 3/25/24 17:27, Andy Smith wrote:
> > The thread covers how to make rngd feed /dev/random from a OneRNG in
> > Debian 12, but it is no longer possible to tell if that does
> > anything useful.
> 
> If not from devices like this, from where does Debian get its randomness?

random(4) (i.e. "man 4 random") gives a basic introduction to the topic,
if you have manpages-dev installed.

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seeding /dev/random from a security key Björn Persson <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> - 2024-03-25 21:40 +0100
  Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-03-25 22:30 +0100
    Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key eben@gmx.us - 2024-03-25 23:10 +0100
      Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-03-25 23:50 +0100
    Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key Björn Persson <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> - 2024-03-26 00:20 +0100
  Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-03-26 01:50 +0100
    Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key Björn Persson <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> - 2024-03-26 17:00 +0100
      Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-03-26 18:10 +0100
        Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key Björn Persson <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> - 2024-03-27 00:20 +0100
          Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-03-27 00:20 +0100

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