If you&#x27;re using udev, you can configure it to make &#x2F;dev&#x2F;random a symlink to &#x2F;dev&#x2F;urandom (eg. [1]). Sadly that doesn&#x27;t give you the &quot;block until seeded&quot; behaviour though, and I don&#x27;t know of any kernel patch doing that yet.<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;superuser.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;309840&#x2F;how-can-i-point-dev-random-to-dev-urandom" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;superuser.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;309840&#x2F;how-can-i-point-dev-ra...</a>