Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:58:35 +0100 From: Ben Laurie <benl@freebsd.org> To: Jonathan Anderson <jonathan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times. Message-ID: <CAG5KPzxwTmtt1dSVhtbw6OASm97cEwDLEWpeautmYv2E9NpPMw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5C632384458A495ABD1EDF8A9A55A3E1@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120918211422.GA1400@garage.freebsd.pl> <A8FD98DD94774D00B4E5F78D3174C1B4@gmail.com> <CAG5KPzz=u-Wasvasg5PDOg0A8jLY7-iac=cDZuHvnsfRSLBZog@mail.gmail.com> <5C632384458A495ABD1EDF8A9A55A3E1@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Jonathan Anderson <jonathan@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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". Ideally, sure.
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