Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 19:14:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Rush Carskadden <rcarskadden@lightrealm.com> Cc: "'Garrett Wollman'" <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007211913160.81254-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <E0DBEB7DB64ED311A0520090279C1C87027E6716@EXCHANGE>
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Rush Carskadden wrote:
> It is somewhat troubling to me to think that you may assume the only
> time you need security is when you are connected to the Internet. Picture a
That's not what he said:
> Unless, of course, the reason your machine is not connected to the
> Internet is in order that it be able to provide some critical security
> functionality.
i.e. the machine is not connected to the net because it is critical to
security.
Kris
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