/dev/random vs /dev/urandom
/dev/random和/dev/urandom是unix系统提供的产生随机数的设备,很多应用都需要使用random设备提供的随机数,比如ssh keys, SSL keys, TCP/IP sequence numbers等等。
而random设备的random pool是从基于中断的IRQS里面取值,IRQS跟一些特殊的硬件绑定,基于这些硬件的interrupts将会提供给random设备。
linux下我们可以用cat /proc/interrupts 查看哪些设备绑定了irq
[oracle@test oracle]$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3
0: 135 0 0 301721845 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 0 0 0 54 IO-APIC-edge keyboard
2: 0 0 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 0 0 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
14: 0 0 0 2 IO-APIC-edge ide0
16: 0 0 0 40 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci
18: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci
19: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci
23: 0 0 0 2257 IO-APIC-level ide2, ehci-hcd
25: 0 0 0 29 IO-APIC-level ioc1
26: 0 0 0 29 IO-APIC-level ioc0
/dev/random和/dev/urandom是unix系统提供的产生随机数的设备,很多应用都需要使用random设备提供的随机数,比如ssh keys, SSL keys, TCP/IP sequence numbers等等。
而random设备的random pool是从基于中断的IRQS里面取值,IRQS跟一些特殊的硬件绑定,基于这些硬件的interrupts将会提供给random设备。
linux下我们可以用cat /proc/interrupts 查看哪些设备绑定了irq
[oracle@test oracle]$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3
0: 135 0 0 301721845 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 0 0 0 54 IO-APIC-edge keyboard
2: 0 0 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 0 0 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
14: 0 0 0 2 IO-APIC-edge ide0
16: 0 0 0 40 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci
18: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci
19: 0 0 0 0 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci
23: 0 0 0 2257 IO-APIC-level ide2, ehci-hcd
25: 0 0 0 29 IO-APIC-level ioc1
26: 0 0 0 29 IO-APIC-level ioc0