/dev/random Is More Like /dev/urandom With Linux 5.6

[elatllat]

Well you never really use /dev/urandom yourself.
You usually use a programming language then get the random data from whatever functionality is provided by the language, such as in Python by importing the "random" module, or in PHP with the rand() function.

To avoid depleting my entropy pools with TLS I need to tell java to use urandom (it's a config setting).
I use urandom directly from bash scripts for password generation and IO testing.

[uid313]

So using urandom where possible and installing rng-tools or haveged for anything else is still required.

Well you never really use /dev/urandom yourself.
You usually use a programming language then get the random data from whatever functionality is provided by the language, such as in Python by importing the "random" module, or in PHP with the rand() function.

[elatllat]

So using urandom where possible and installing rng-tools or haveged for anything else is still required.

[archkde]

Finally. This was long due.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: /dev/random Is More Like /dev/urandom With Linux 5.6

The random changes have been sent in for Linux 5.6 that yield /dev/random behavioral changes and a new random flag...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.6-Random-Rework