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Re: /dev/random is hot garbage



On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 07:11:34PM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
> 
> It looks like we need a paravirt random driver for xen that could solve
> the rust / random(6) problem.

Or just run on a CPU that has RDRAND / RDSEED available.  Our package
builders are old; I'd chip in a few bucks to replace them, if that
helped.

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 Thor Lancelot Simon	                                     tls%panix.com@localhost
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   it will work, but because it is right."	--Andrei Sakharov


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