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Re: /dev/random and similar

To: [email protected], Three Blind Mice <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: /dev/random and similar
From: "Mark M." <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:31:48 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Three Blind Mice wrote:

> There was a thread here a while back about /dev/random and similar devices
> for Linux, but I managed to lose the mails and the hks.net archives still
> aren't working (any news on that?).  If someone could tell me where I
> could find such a driver, I would appreciate it very much.      TIA!

It's part of the kernel (as of 2.0).  All you have to do is create the devices
/dev/random and /dev/urandom with major number 1 and minor numbers 8 and 9
respectively.

Mark
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