Re: Feeding /dev/random with /dev/urandom

From: erm67 (ermscag_at_tin.it)
Date: 04/30/04

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    > sendmail use /dev/random at least in my distribution (Fedora 1). In
    > apache2 and named the random device has to be indicated at compile

    I have to correct myself, apache2 auth_digest is compiled to use
    /dev/urandom and both in bind and in sendmail there are options to use
    it instead of /dev/random .........
    A lot of work anyway and the system is not more secure now .....

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