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| author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-12-03 15:16:39 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-12-03 15:16:39 +0100 |
| commit | bacee1aeb09ad0f1d03c0725f351a6db5ccc9884 (patch) | |
| tree | c339defa92a931d82252087f4cc52f049160aba5 /hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn | |
| parent | 386ce5531a6df7431b03b2c5909f76c20e34e9d3 (diff) | |
hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random: Split out. Written by Michael Banck.
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diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f2a3c908 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[meta license="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]] + +# `/dev/random` + +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`. |