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To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak 
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Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:59:50 +0200
From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
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> What we really need is this:
> 
> 	fetch -o http://entropy.freebsd.org/ > /dev/random

For this to work, you'll need to encrypt the traffic.

fetch -o https://entropy.freebsd.org/ > /dev/random
             ^

If the world knows what they are, your bits aren't random enough.

M
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