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Date:      Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:24:29 +0100
From:      Mark R V Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers <src-committers@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...
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> On 25 Jul 2015, at 19:31, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote:
>=20
> virtual machines have things like virtio_random, most embedded gadgets
> have an ADC that could be used...  Appliances a little more difficult,
> but trusted computers probably have a hardware RNG anyways=E2=80=A6

You need to research this more carefully. Ask Ian Lepore about the
paucity of entropy on his boxes.

M
--=20
Mark R V Murray




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