From owner-freebsd-current Sun Nov 26 22:17:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (grouter.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59A6037B4C5 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:17:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAR6GKe03476; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 08:16:21 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200011270616.eAR6GKe03476@gratis.grondar.za> To: David Malone Cc: Andrew Kenneth Milton , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Syscons flag to turn off random_harvest in scmouse? References: <20001126231719.A32978@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <20001126231719.A32978@walton.maths.tcd.ie> ; from David Malone "Sun, 26 Nov 2000 23:17:19 GMT." Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:16:17 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I think the yarrow stuff is probably somewhat more roubust than > requiring the mouse - as long as there is some source of entropy. > What other sources does the random device currently use? Currently - keyboard and mouse. RSN, also interrupts and network activity. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message