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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:27:18 +0200
From: Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be>
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Hello,

what is entropy for?
What are the consequences if one sets rc.conf/entropy_file and
rc.conf/entropy_dir to "NO"?

-Hanspeter