>>Anything that is meant to be a server really pretty much needs an
>>enthropy generator these days.
>>
>
> Many motherboards have on-board sound. Why not turn the mic
> gain all the way up and use the noise---surely there will be
> a few bits' worth?
>
> Perhaps there ought to be a way to give bits to the kernel's
> /dev/random input hopper from user space.
>
There already is. If I'm not completely mistaken, just write the raw data
to /dev/random, then there is an ioctl() saying "add N bits to the
entrophy counter."
-hpa
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/