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-RANDOM (4) Linux Programmer's Manual RANDOM (4)
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!__NAME__
random, urandom - kernel random number source devices
!__DESCRIPTION__
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echo "Saving random seed..."
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/random-seed count=1
!__FILES__
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/dev/random
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/dev/urandom
+/dev/random,
/dev/urandom
!__AUTHOR__
The kernel's random number generator was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@athena.mit.edu).
!__SEE ALSO__
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mknod(1)
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RFC 1750, "Randomness Recommendations for Security"
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RFC 1750, "Randomness Recommendations for Security"
