Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:54:57 +0100 From: Jonathan Anderson <jonathan@FreeBSD.org> To: Ben Laurie <benl@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times. Message-ID: <5C632384458A495ABD1EDF8A9A55A3E1@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAG5KPzz=u-Wasvasg5PDOg0A8jLY7-iac=cDZuHvnsfRSLBZog@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120918211422.GA1400@garage.freebsd.pl> <A8FD98DD94774D00B4E5F78D3174C1B4@gmail.com> <CAG5KPzz=u-Wasvasg5PDOg0A8jLY7-iac=cDZuHvnsfRSLBZog@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, 19 September 2012 at 20:47, Ben Laurie wrote: > Erring on the side of underestimation is wise here. I agree wholeheartedly, but underestimation means "calculating the correct value and then applying a safety factor" rather than "picking an arbitrary number and hoping it's low enough". It seems like later posts in this thread are starting to push in the mathematically-rigorous direction; I shall go reply to those as well. :) Jon -- Jonathan Anderson jonathan@FreeBSD.org (mailto:jonathan@FreeBSD.org)
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