NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Haveged on ReadyNas Ultra ?
I am running LMS (squeezebox) on my readynas ultra. There is a problem with the Random mix. The problem is that it isn't very random. The problem could be this that I have read about: http://www.i...
Callesoroe wrote: nas-C1-71-AE:~# cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
3466
Another test you can do is
cat /dev/random
/dev/random blocks while the entropy pool is low, so if haveged is not running you'll see random bytes being generated VERY slowly: a burst of 8 characters every few seconds, or even slower. With haveged running, random characters will be generated almost as fast as your terminal can display them.
Hit ctrl-c to stop the random-character display.
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
