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Date:      Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:17:37 -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:  <200010261717.e9QHHbG01443@grimreaper.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: <20001026135520.A92586@nagual.pp.ru> ; from =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>  "Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:55:21 %2B0400."
References:  <20001026135520.A92586@nagual.pp.ru> 

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> > What logs you expect? It is just standard -current rc.* files.
> 
> Here they are, in anycase, set -x as you requested (entropy-related lines
> only):
> 
> + [ -w /dev/random ]
> + [ -f /var/db/entropy -a -r /var/db/entropy -a -s /var/db/entropy ]
> + echo Using /var/db/entropy as an entropy file
> + cat /var/db/entropy
> + entropy_reseeded=yes
> + rm -f /var/db/entropy /var/db/entropy

Could you please build the random.ko module with -DDEBUG and let me know
at what stage the first reseed event happens?

M
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