Hardening Software RNGs with Don Pezet, ITProTV - Paul's Security Weekly #522

Paul's Security Weekly (Video) · Security Weekly Productions

July 16, 201729m 24s

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This is a random technical segment on implementing random number generators in Linux. Don shows us the ins and outs of the entropy pool, the different between /dev/random and /dev/urandom, and some awesome hardware that can increase entropy.

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