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Slightly tangential, but why doesn't Linux symlink /dev/random to /dev/urandom like OpenBSD does? Wouldn't that stop issues like these (what's the benefit in k
by 0xdeadb00f 7y ago
Slightly tangential, but why doesn't Linux symlink /dev/random to /dev/urandom like OpenBSD does?
Wouldn't that stop issues like these (what's the benefit in keeping /dev/random the same)?
- Tomte 7y agoExtreme backwards compatibility. An application might depend on the blocking behaviour (be it sensible or not). And since it's a change visible from user space, it won't be done (except in extreme circumstances).