linux-kernel - Re: Entropy Pool Contents

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Date:	Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:43:48 +0100
From:	Gunter Ohrner <G.Ohrner@...t.rwth-aachen.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: Entropy Pool Contents

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Grab an entropy generator like egd or audio-entropyd, etc.

I thought about running rngd, but will this be of any help if writing
into /dev/*random does not change the entropy from zero on this machine?

Greetings,

  Gunter

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