[geeks] Entropy

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Tue Mar 25 16:03:48 CDT 2008


Alois Hammer wrote:
> I'm looking for cheap sources from which I can fill my Linux kernel
> entropy pool.  The standard net/disk/keyboard/mouse just doesn't seem to
> be cutting it, especially for a firewall system that doesn't have a
> mouse or keyboard attached.  Also, my results with Intel hardware so far
> seem to indicate that RNGs came with a very few i810/i815 ICHes, and
> don't get put in modern production at all.  So much for the i8x0 driver.
>  (Unless I'm just doing something wrong.)


Will egd work for you?




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