[systemd-devel] Why we need to read/save random seed?

[Cristian Rodríguez]

El jun. 14, 2015 10:21, "cee1" <fykcee1 at gmail.com> escribió:
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> Hi all,
>
> Why we need to read/save random seed? Can it be read from /dev/random
each time?

Because the kernel is borked and still is needs to be fed of entropy at
system startup by user space. Please read the random man page.

I agree we shouldn't have to do this at all..

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