From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 29 0:10:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6825037B401; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 00:10:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.157.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B0E743EC2; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 00:10:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (uucp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBT89OQB072890; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 08:09:24 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with UUCP id gBT89O7a072889; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 08:09:24 GMT Received: from grondar.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBT89QXb010011; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 10:09:26 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Message-Id: <200212290809.gBT89QXb010011@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: phk@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: kientzle@acm.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can dhclient rely on /dev/random? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 28 Dec 2002 22:19:43 +0100." <6360.1041110383@critter.freebsd.dk> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 10:09:26 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >Policy Question: is a fast, high-quality > >/dev/random a gauranteed feature starting with 5.0? > > yes. More like "Yes, effectively". It is a module, and its conceivable under the right (Wrong?) circumstances that this module is not loaded. This would not be the default case, and it breaks Much(tm) if you don't include it. The kernel-building individual would have had to have made a decision to not include the RNG, and as such is assumed to know what she is doing. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message