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RE: ChecksumDatabase more details wanted, /dev/random draining
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Eric Sorenson |
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RE: ChecksumDatabase more details wanted, /dev/random draining |
Date: |
Thu, 19 May 2005 14:07:01 -0700 (PDT) |
On Thu, 19 May 2005, Mark McCullough wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 11:24 -0700, Eric Sorenson wrote:
>
> > You can use PRNG or EGD as a randomness source, so you don't block on
>
> In Solaris 8, see patch#111659 for a kernel /dev/random and /dev/urandom
>
> For Solaris 9, I believe it was preinstalled, my Solaris 9 box has it
> installed, so I know it is around.
>
> Older versions of Solaris can look at ANDIrand, a similar package.
Thanks for the clarification, I actually haven't admined much solaris
since the days when 7 was the new hotness.
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