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Date:      Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:13:45 +0200
From:      Patrick =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Lamaizi=E8re?= <patfbsd@davenulle.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Hardware random number generator
Message-ID:  <20090611171345.113207f0@baby-jane.lamaiziere.net>

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Hello,

There are two ways to managed a RNG in FreeBSD, I'm asking which is the
best:
- feed the random subsystem via random_harvest(9)
- add the RNG to random(4) as the Nehemiah RNG (VIA padlock)

In fact, i do not understand why the Nehemiah RNG is not managed by
padlock(4).

Thanks, regards.




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