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frandom

A Linux kernel module developed by Eli Billauer that provides the generation of random numbers ten to fifty times faster than the traditional /dev/urandom.

<Visitor> I'm wanting to overwrite a very large partition with random data, but /dev/urandom is way to slow.
<Assistant> Maybe you should try frandom.

by MetalRandomist February 17, 2008

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