/dev/random could be much faster if it was using state of the art techniques. Presumably it is difficult to change because of concern about bugdoors and whatno

/dev/random could be much faster if it was using state of the art techniques. Presumably it is difficult to change because of concern about bugdoors and whatnot-- an anyone who really needs it to be fast will implement those techniques in userspace and just use /dev/random to seed them.