Tag: random numbers

• Linux Random Numbers

  This explanation from the article comparing /dev/urandom and /dev/random is priceless admin info: The kernel RNG produces two user-space output streams. One of these goes to /dev/urandom and also to the kernel itself; the latter is useful because there are uses for random numbers within the kernel. The other output stream goes to /dev/random. The…

  jedreynolds

  November 29, 2012

  computing, Linux, security

  Linux, random numbers