Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:06:37 -0700 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: entropy reseeding is totally broken Message-ID: <200010201706.e9KH6bn02155@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <20001020202753.A24895@nagual.pp.ru> ; from =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> "Fri, 20 Oct 2000 20:27:53 %2B0400." References: <20001020202753.A24895@nagual.pp.ru>
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> It seems I find the problem area. 4096 bytes written in rc.shutdown are > not enough for reseeding. When I change them to 16384 bytes, it works! > I'll commit working rc.shutdown variant. This is bogus. _Any_ randomness written to /dev/random is good enough to perturb the sequence. Please do _not_ make that commit. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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