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Random numbers aren't, says infosec boffin

Charles 9

I've always been curious as to why the Linux kernel entropy pool is (AFAIK) normally capped at 4096 bits even in a world where there is an increasing need for good random numbers (which /dev/urandom can't always provide).

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