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    your 1) and 2) are opposite to each other -> /dev/random depletes... that is exactly why I asked how to additionaly feed it.. Commented Jul 14, 2011 at 12:56
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    You are confusing two things. /dev/random is secure enough for password generation without additional entropy - so feeding stuff in to /dev/random is not needed for security, but it might be needed for performance. /dev/urandom is also secure enough for passwords, but it does not have the performance problem /dev/random has, so it should be preferred. Commented Aug 3, 2011 at 9:19