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authorMichaelBanck <MichaelBanck@web>2008-11-24 19:20:52 +0000
committerGNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org>2008-11-24 19:20:52 +0000
commit114ed23ae6fdf4cb021e7cfbbdbde3367fc89e8f (patch)
tree60d23b66cdf4472b4305e0a2cab2dcda896e374a /hurd/running/debian/faq
parent9ed5865d3e05e461dd5dc7e0351721723ab5ea58 (diff)
add note about random-egd package
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-rw-r--r--hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn4
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diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn
index 0043699e..eee7d0be 100644
--- a/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ is included in the section entitled
There is no random device by default as no secure implementation has been
finished yet. An easy (but very insecure) work-around is to copy a binary file
-like `/bin/bash` to `/dev/random` and `/dev/urandom`.
+like `/bin/bash` to `/dev/random` and `/dev/urandom`. A slightly more secure
+alternative is installing the `random-egd` from the `debian-ports` repository.
+