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#4 What to do without /dev/random?

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2001-02-07
2001-02-07
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I have no idea at this point. Any suggestions?

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  • Dirk Janssens

    Dirk Janssens - 2001-06-21

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    I assume /dev/random is only needed for key generation. You
    can always ask the user to randomly enter keystrokes. These
    keystrokes could then be used to derive a random key (e.g.
    some hashing of the input)

    Another possibility is to add a random generator to your
    code. After all, /dev/random is also based on pure software
    (which takes into account several system parameters).

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    execute the following to create the device node (under linux)

    mknod /dev/random c 1 8

     

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