[Nix-dev] frandom (was: Why is rngd running by default?)
Peter Simons
simons at cryp.to
Fri Mar 8 10:17:02 CET 2013
Hi Mathijs,
> While at the subject of random number generation, I would like to
> plug the "frandom" package (+kernel module), as it has been very
> useful to me. It is available in NixOS through the use of
> services.frandom.enable = true.
you are right, frandom is *much* faster than urandom. Thank you for the
recommendation.
Take care,
Peter
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