Difference between revisions of "/dev/urandom"
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| − | + | [[wikipedia:urandom]] | |
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| + | https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/NEWS | ||
| + | shred, sort, shuf: now use an internal pseudorandom generator by default. | ||
| + | This is mainly noticeable in shred where the 3 random passes it does by | ||
| + | default should proceed at the speed of the disk. Previously /dev/urandom | ||
| + | was used if available, which is relatively slow on GNU/Linux systems. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* {{random}} | * {{random}} | ||
* [[oathtool]] | * [[oathtool]] | ||
Revision as of 11:59, 27 August 2020
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https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/NEWS
shred, sort, shuf: now use an internal pseudorandom generator by default. This is mainly noticeable in shred where the 3 random passes it does by default should proceed at the speed of the disk. Previously /dev/urandom was used if available, which is relatively slow on GNU/Linux systems.
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