Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:05:32 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times. Message-ID: <86sjadt677.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20120919184758.28589516@gumby.homeunix.com> (RW's message of "Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:47:58 %2B0100") References: <20120918211422.GA1400@garage.freebsd.pl> <867grqm3pt.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20120919184758.28589516@gumby.homeunix.com>
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RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > I would also suggest modifying yarrow to block reseeding as long as > > possible, ideally right up until the first time something asks for a > > random number, since reseeding throws away all accumulated entropy. > reseeding doesn't throw away entropy Yes, it does. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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