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alobbs / macchanger

GNU MAC Changer
http://www.gnu.org/software/macchanger
GNU General Public License v3.0
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specifying random mac sucks the entropy out pf /dev/random #29

Open hatzsis opened 7 years ago

hatzsis commented 7 years ago

when using machanger with the -r option on my machine at boot all the entropy gets sucked out /dev/random, meaning a 30 second wait while I twiddle my mouse of wait for network activity or some one stuff to generate enough randomness in /dev/random.

Is it possible to have an opttion to specify which random source you wish to use?

fprintf commented 6 years ago

This should be using /dev/urandom there is no reason for macchanger to use /dev/random this is a mistake or porting issue because BSD only has /dev/random