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Aardwolf on June 9, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pseudo-Random vs. True Random

Do those use that CPU instruction if it is available? That would make the blocking /dev/random a lot faster, wouldn't it?

diroussel on June 10, 2013 [–]

Depends on your kernel. But with the right kernel, yes.

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