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diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 3b5fdffe..00000000 --- a/hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] - -[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable -id="license" text="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]]."]]"""]] - -[[!meta title="/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`. A slightly more secure -alternative is installing the `random-egd` from the `debian-ports` repository. - |