Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses ofIRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM

From: Alan Cox <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 10:54:44 +0100

> Why remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM if "it cannot make the RNG output worse."
> We should not care if network traffic can be sniffed in some configurations
> (plus sniffing could be very unlikely in some others).

It makes it much worse - it lies about entropy.

> My understanding of openssl developper answer is same as yours :
> "it cannot make the RNG output worse."

If you don't care about the quality of your "random" numbers then
use /dev/urandom. It's very simple.