/dev/urandom
head -10 /dev/urandom | sha512sum | cut -b 1-30
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
- Random,
/dev/urandom
- oathtool
- Linux Kernel: namespaces, Cgroups, OOM, proc, Linux Kernel changelog,
sysctl, userfaultfd
, Grub, ENOSPC, ENOMEM, DKMS, syscall, Transparent huge pages, smatch, sysfs, vm.swappiness, CFS, Runlevel, Jens Axboe, Consistent Network Device Naming, Initial ramdisk (initrd),modprobe
, MTD, Linux Kernel vulnerabilities,/sys/kernel/
, KernelCare,unix://
, Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
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