Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:42:47 -0700 From: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> Cc: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d Message-ID: <20120906174247.GB13179@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20120904220754.GA3643@server.rulingia.com> References: <201208221843.q7MIhLU4077951@svn.freebsd.org> <5043DBAF.40506@FreeBSD.org> <20120903171538.GM1464@x96.org> <50450F2A.10708@FreeBSD.org> <20120903203505.GN1464@x96.org> <50451D6E.30401@FreeBSD.org> <20120903214638.GO1464@x96.org> <50453686.9090100@FreeBSD.org> <20120904220754.GA3643@server.rulingia.com>
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 08:07:54AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > >What if, instead of replacing /entropy, we add an additional file in > >/var/db/entropy at boot time that is numerically 1 higher than > >$entropy_save_num ? > > That sounds like a reasonable idea. I don't see what that adds or fixes. It does not correct the possible reuse of seed material. It also increases the size of '/entropy' beyond 4k. How much do we want to stuff in at one time vs. gather over time? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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