Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 09:22:32 +0100 From: Mark R V Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> To: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> Cc: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r284959 - in head: . share/man/man4 share/man/man9 sys/conf sys/dev/glxsb sys/dev/hifn sys/dev/random sys/dev/rndtest sys/dev/safe sys/dev/syscons sys/dev/ubsec sys/dev/virtio/random sy... Message-ID: <30C50677-D00A-46B3-AF7A-62FC299D409F@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20150725062651.GU78154@funkthat.com> References: <201506301700.t5UH0jPq001498@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507221138360.1071@desktop> <FFAED695-145A-45F5-988D-B843EF5F544B@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507221249120.1071@desktop> <FFFB06D7-164B-40B3-AFC3-A6630BCF074E@bsdimp.com> <E20B169F-4C8A-4D11-9853-5C2EFC116450@FreeBSD.org> <F54A96A8-D9AD-409A-814F-538B6AD3CD50@yahoo.com> <20150724012519.GE78154@funkthat.com> <BC734D25-375C-4C1C-BA8A-BD91158B6A39@FreeBSD.org> <96EA33AB-7325-4DD2-83F4-B4FAF6F47CB5@yahoo.com> <20150725062651.GU78154@funkthat.com>
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> On 25 Jul 2015, at 07:26, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote: >=20 > Once you have enough useful bits in /dev/random, you can NEVER run out > of useful bits from /dev/random... >=20 > [Well, not quite NEVER, but not for a few millennia.] So is your position effectively anti-harvesting, or at least to turn off all harvesting after a certain time and never turn it on again? If so, we are pretty far apart philosophically. DJB=E2=80=99s position is interesting, but I am far from persuaded by = it. M --=20 Mark R V Murray
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