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OpenBSD never removed /dev/random - though they did remove arandom and prandom. But I'm not sure how your response explains the reasons for why they avoided Ope
by daneel_w 5y ago
OpenBSD never removed /dev/random - though they did remove arandom and prandom. But I'm not sure how your response explains the reasons for why they avoided OpenBSD's solution.
- zamadatix 5y agoOpenBSD behaves like this patch, the article does a good job of describing what it has taken on the Linux side to get to this point and why IMO. In particular it wasn't until recently there was a reliable way to get quick randomness on nearly any machine to avoid blocking for long periods on boot which things had come to expect avoiding in the previous implementation.