Hacker News
- Removing the Linux /dev/random blocking pool https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/808575/9fd4fea3d86086f0/ 174 comments
- /dev/random – a new approach http://lwn.net/Articles/684568/ 126 comments
- Major upgrade to FreeBSD’s /dev/random https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?revision=273872&view=revision 28 comments
- /dev/random is not robust http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/338 13 comments
- Insecurities in the Linux /dev/random https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/insecurities_in.html 74 comments
- Linus on /dev/random: "We actually know what we are doing. You don't." http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/09/11/rudest-man-in-linuxdom-rants-about-randomness-we-actually-know-what-we-are-doing-you-dont/ 74 comments
- Linus Torvalds: Remove RdRand from /dev/random http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/linus-torvalds-remove-rdrand-from-dev-random-4 9 comments
- Default configuration of rng-tools in Arch adds no real entropy to /dev/random https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34580?cat%5B0%5D=&changedfrom=&changedto=&closed=&closedfrom=&closedto=&dev=&due%5B0%5D=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&opened=&openedfrom=&openedto=&percent%5B0%5D=&pri%5B0%5D=&project=1&reported%5B0%5D=&search_name=&sev%5B0%5D=&status%5B0%5D=open&string=rng-tools&type%5B0%5D= 9 comments
- /dev/random and virtual systems http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg11533.html 40 comments
Lobsters
- /dev/random - A New Approach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DuhbwWkMQw 4 comments cryptography , linux , video
- NetBSD replaces a SHA-1 based CSPRNG with Keccak in duplex mode. Also, /dev/random will no longer block after sufficient seeding in early boot. https://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2020/05/01/msg038495.html 4 comments crypto
- Why is /dev/random not being seeded? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random 10 comments debian
- Removing the Linux /dev/random blocking pool https://lwn.net/subscriberlink/808575/9fd4fea3d86086f0/ 16 comments linux
- Is this true? USB mice and keyboards are not used as entropy source for /dev/random? https://www.reddit.com/r/crypto/comments/9wtwjx/is_this_true_usb_mice_and_keyboards_are_not_used/ 12 comments crypto
- I love 'cat /dev/random > /dev/null', it's such an exercise in futility. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6n06c6/i_love_cat_devrandom_devnull_its_such_an_exercise/ 44 comments linux
- Linux: /dev/random - a new approach https://lwn.net/articles/684568/ 13 comments crypto
- /dev/random - a new approach https://lwn.net/articles/684568/ 31 comments linux
- Myths about /dev/urandom and /dev/random http://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/ 34 comments programming
- Major upgrade to FreeBSD’s /dev/random https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=273872 12 comments programming
- Insecurities in the Linux /dev/random https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/insecurities_in.html 13 comments programming
- Insecurities in /dev/random https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/insecurities_in.html 24 comments linux
- PDF: "Security Analysis of Pseudo-Random Number Generators with Input: /dev/random is not Robust" http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/338.pdf 5 comments crypto
- Linus Torvalds responds to petition to remove RdRand from /dev/random (x-post from /r/Linux) https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/linus-torvalds-remove-rdrand-from-dev-random-4/responses/9066 12 comments privacy
- Linus Torvalds responds to Change.org petition to remove RdRand from /dev/random https://www.change.org/en-gb/petitions/linus-torvalds-remove-rdrand-from-dev-random-4/responses/9066 429 comments linux
- A simple activity monitor with /dev/random http://joxeankoret.com/blog/2012/11/24/a-simple-activity-monitor-with-devrandom/ 10 comments programming
- An inexpensive hardware RNG that feeds /dev/random in Linux [xpost/crypto] http://www.entropykey.co.uk/ 6 comments linux
- An inexpensive hardware RNG that feeds /dev/random in Linux (this is old news, but new to me) http://www.entropykey.co.uk/ 7 comments crypto