passwdgen

Tomasz Grobelny tomasz at grobelny.oswiecenia.net
Sat Aug 6 17:23:50 CEST 2005


Dnia środa 03 sierpnia 2005 13:06, maHo napisał:
> Hello
>
> #v+
> $ passwdgen -1p@ --min=4 --max=6
> #v-
>
> and it hangs.
>
Because it uses /dev/random which is not very efficient (see strace). Would it 
be correct to use /dev/urandom? Does it contain the same amount of entropy or 
is it somehow simpler (and possibly less secure)?
-- 
Regards,
Tomasz Grobelny



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