Re: [Tails-dev] How to seed urandom (or not)?

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On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:44 AM, intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:
> ...
> I think it mainly depends on whether haveged (and rngd) will
> contribute to the pool used by urandom, which is still unclear to me



a good description of how they contribute, under modest work loads:

"The Linux Random Number Generator"
- https://pthree.org/2014/07/21/the-linux-random-number-generator/
'''
First thing is first- both /dev/random and /dev/urandom are fed data
from the same CSPRNG. Let me repeat that, with a bit more emphasis:
Both /dev/random and /dev/urandom are fed data from the same CSPRNG...
'''

haveged and rngd contribute to both pools, per the discussion re "true
random" sources "reseeding" the CSPRNG.


best regards,