From 114ed23ae6fdf4cb021e7cfbbdbde3367fc89e8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MichaelBanck Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:20:52 +0000 Subject: add note about random-egd package --- hurd/running/debian/faq/dev_random.mdwn | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'hurd/running/debian/faq') 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. + -- cgit v1.2.3