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http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/random-number-generator

The RNG pool is used for creating: the master key (for encrypting the data in the volume), temporary secondary key (for generating a pseudorandom stream to initially overwrite a volume's empty space), salt (for passphrase hashing, using pbkdf2), and (optionally) a keyfile.

That is all limited to the process of setting up a volume, and so the RNG pool is not used for typical operations on a volume after that volume is created.




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