Hardening Software RNGs with Don Pezet, ITProTV – Paul’s Security Weekly #522

July 18, 2017

This is a random technical segment on implementing random number generators in Linux. Don shows us the ins and outs of the entropy pool, the different between /dev/random and /dev/urandom, and some awesome hardware that can increase entropy. Full Show Notes

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