[CASSANDRA-9581] pig-tests spend time waiting on /dev/random for SecureRandom

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.1, 3.0 alpha 1
• Component/s: Legacy/Testing
• Assignee: Ariel Weisberg
• Reporter: Ariel Weisberg

Authors

Ariel Weisberg

Reviewers

Aleksey Yeschenko

• Created: 11/Jun/15 15:25
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 28/Jul/15 15:19

Description

We don't need secure random numbers (for unit tests) so waiting for entropy doesn't make much sense. Luckily Java makes it easy to point to /dev/urandom for entropy. It also transparently handles it correctly on Windows.