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Re: netscape NSRANDFILE compatible with /dev/random ?

To: Frank A Stevenson <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: netscape NSRANDFILE compatible with /dev/random ?
From: "Jeff Weinstein" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 00:40:41 -0700
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: Frank A Stevenson <[email protected]> "netscape NSRANDFILE compatible with /dev/random ?" (Sep 27, 8:32am)
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On Sep 27,  8:32am, Frank A Stevenson wrote:
> Subject: netscape NSRANDFILE compatible with /dev/random ?
> 
> What happens if NSRANDFILE is set to /dev/random ?
> will netscape try to read an infinite number of random bytes ?

  In the current patch it will read up to 1 megabyte before stopping.
In 2.0 I will add a way to specify a size.  As a temporary hack you
could use 'dd' to get the number of bytes you want into a file, then
remove the file once netscape had started up.

	--Jeff

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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
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Any opinions expressed above are mine.

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