Re: [PATCH 2/2] lguest: virtio-rng support

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> +
> +/* Our random number generator device reads from /dev/urandom into the Guest's
> + * input buffers.  The usual case is that the Guest doesn't want random numbers
> + * and so has no buffers although /dev/urandom is still readable, whereas
> + * console is the reverse.

Is it really a good idea to use the hosts /dev/urandom to fill the
guests /dev/random?

johannes

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