[PLUG] Linux-based Web Servers: Random Number Seed Pool Insufficiencies

[Rich Shepard]

   If the activities (e.g., mouse movements, keyboard presses) used to
generate random number seeds are too few, the seed 'pool' has insufficient
entropy and becomes more vulnerable to hacking. This has been observed on
linux-based Web servers as reported at the Black Hat Conference in Lost
Wages:

<http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33839925>

Rich