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Answer by Michael Hampton for Hosting a /dev/random dependent service

Using /dev/random is meant to be reserved for things which truly need to be cryptographically secure, such as private key material, because it relies on an entropy pool which can be depleted rapidly if...

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Hosting a /dev/random dependent service

I have developed a game that requires shuffled decks of cards to run. Since it uses /dev/random to generate shuffled decks, I was wondering what sort of concerns should I take into account before...

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