Re: [tlug] eradicate the evil with quality entropy

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Edward Middleton wrote:

> Unless you have a really good entropy source I would suggest urandom.

It's a classic speed versus quality issue. Choose your poison. 

Since one should wait about three weeks for each pattern to soak in, 
the slowness of /dev/random should not be a problem. 

You can increase entropy inputs with audio noise in some audio input. 
Wind and empty spot on AM radio work. Put one's network card in 
promiscuous mode on a busy network that uses a hub instead of a switch. 
Even with a good entropy source, /dev/random is slower than /dev/urandom. 

If you want speed, use a grinder.