[Cryptography] random numbers on virtual machines?

U.Mutlu for-gmane at mutluit.com
Mon Jan 26 13:29:19 EST 2015


Henry Baker wrote, On 01/26/2015 03:57 PM:
> So what's the best practice for random numbers on a virtual machine.

In LXC containers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXC ) one can use the following:

lxc.mount.entry = /dev/random dev/random none bind,create=file 0 0

> I found this article:
>
> "How do I get /dev/random to work on an Ubuntu virtual machine?"
>
> http://serverfault.com/questions/304372/how-do-i-get-dev-random-to-work-on-an-ubuntu-virtual-machine




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