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Keep entropy pool full
21st Apr, 2013, 12:52 AM
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RE: Keep entropy pool full
(21st Apr, 2013 12:11 AM)f1vefour Wrote:  It does require a kernel module. The gain is it's 10x faster than urandom at generation.

Only when the entropy pool is shallow, otherwise /dev/urandom is just as fast as an mmap. And the network drivers don't use pseudo random sources anyway, so there's no performance gain on wlan.
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Keep entropy pool full - JayBlanc - 20th Apr, 2013, 04:19 AM
Keep entropy pool full - Koenkk - 20th Apr, 2013, 05:45 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - CurlyMo - 20th Apr, 2013, 06:52 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - JayBlanc - 20th Apr, 2013, 07:09 AM
Re: Keep entropy pool full - f1vefour - 20th Apr, 2013, 04:01 PM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - JayBlanc - 20th Apr, 2013, 10:07 PM
Re: RE: Keep entropy pool full - f1vefour - 21st Apr, 2013, 12:11 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - JayBlanc - 21st Apr, 2013 12:52 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - CurlyMo - 21st Apr, 2013, 12:30 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - CurlyMo - 21st Apr, 2013, 12:55 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - JayBlanc - 21st Apr, 2013, 01:37 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - CurlyMo - 21st Apr, 2013, 01:44 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - JayBlanc - 21st Apr, 2013, 01:52 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - CurlyMo - 21st Apr, 2013, 02:10 AM
Re: RE: Keep entropy pool full - f1vefour - 21st Apr, 2013, 03:59 AM
RE: Keep entropy pool full - CurlyMo - 21st Apr, 2013, 04:22 AM

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