[ltp] random number generator

[James Knott]

Marcus Better wrote:
> Does the Thinkpad R60 (or other models) have a hardware RNG? The intel_rng
> module seems to fail:
>
>   intel_rng: FWH not detected
>
> Marcus
>
>
>   
I don't know about that, but one method for generating a reasonably
random number is to use "ps aux|md5sum".
This will create a 128 bit number that is determined by the recent state
of all your processes, which changes constantly.