[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Saving of /dev/urandom seed at Debian bootup

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Mikko Hänninen]
> Hi,
> 
> While investigating randomness and /dev/urandom on Debian Linux,
> I came across this comment (by you, I think):
> 
>   # Hm, why is the saved pool re-created at boot? [pere 2009-09-03]
> 
> in /etc/init.d/urandom, part of initscripts in Debian Squeeze.
> 
> Hopefully I've inferred correctly who to contact about it. I know the
> question is nearly three years old, but in case nobody has provided
> the answer to you yet, and you're still curious, then here's my guess:

The pkg-sysvinit-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org list is a better contact
point.  I send your email there.

Thank you for the input.  I did get some feedback about this question
earlier, and guess the comment should be replaced with an explaination
now. :)

See
<URL: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-sysvinit-devel/2010-July/004533.html >
for the old thread.

-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen