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Produces random numbers. | Produces random numbers. | ||
On my system, it's limited to about | On my system, it's limited to about 60 MB/s. If you need faster, you can encrypt from <code>/dev/zero</code> to get 2.7 GB/s. | ||
See [https://serverfault.com/questions/6440/is-there-an-alternative-to-dev-urandom/415962#415962 reference]. | See [https://serverfault.com/questions/6440/is-there-an-alternative-to-dev-urandom/415962#415962 reference]. | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
# Using urandom | # Using urandom | ||
pv < /dev/urandom > /dev/ull | |||
# Using encryption | # Using encryption | ||