[Bug 435] internal entropy gatherer

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http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435





------- Additional Comments From udo_guenthner at de.ibm.com  2002-11-15 02:49 -------
I experienced it under IBM z/OS 1.3 Unix System Services (ufff :-( )
but looking at the source code I wonder how it ever works on any platform ...

debug output:
debug3: Reading output from 'ls -alni /tmp'
debug3: Time elapsed: 40 msec
debug2: Command 'ls -alni /tmp' timed out
debug3: Got 0.00 bytes of entropy from 'ls -alni /tmp'
debug3: Reading output from 'ls -alni /usr/lpp'
debug3: Time elapsed: 33 msec
debug2: Command 'ls -alni /usr/lpp' timed out
debug3: Got 0.00 bytes of entropy from 'ls -alni /usr/lpp'
debug3: Reading output from 'ls -alni /etc'
debug3: Time elapsed: 35 msec
debug2: Command 'ls -alni /etc' timed out
debug3: Got 0.00 bytes of entropy from 'ls -alni /etc'
debug3: Reading output from 'ls -alni /bin'
debug3: Time elapsed: 39 msec
debug2: Command 'ls -alni /bin' timed out
debug3: Got 0.00 bytes of entropy from 'ls -alni /bin'
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