Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:22:24 -0700 From: Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyDvv70=?= <des@des.no>, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d Message-ID: <504FC7B0.2060706@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <20120911230121.GA90289@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20120911061530.GA77399@dragon.NUXI.org> <504EDC67.9070700@FreeBSD.org> <86sjao7q8c.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20120911205302.27484fd6@gumby.homeunix.com> <20120911200925.GA88456@dragon.NUXI.org> <504FA76A.5000209@delphij.net> <20120911211730.GB89188@dragon.NUXI.org> <504FAB87.3020701@delphij.net> <20120911215212.GA89515@dragon.NUXI.org> <504FBD15.8040907@delphij.net> <20120911230121.GA90289@dragon.NUXI.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 09/11/12 16:01, David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 03:37:09PM -0700, Xin Li wrote: >> On 09/11/12 14:52, David O'Brien wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 02:22:15PM -0700, Xin Li wrote: >>>> Hmm, but this sha256 run will turn the output to 65 bytes >>>> (hex representation of 256 bits of hash output, 64 bytes, and >>>> one \n), so, only 256 bits of random data, is that >>>> intentional? > ... >>> You suggested gzip, but I just don't know enough about >>> compression algorithms as they apply in this area to know if we >>> should use gzip instead or not. >> >> I don't think I know enough here, unfortunately... > > Since I cannot justify using gzip, I'm keeping the sha256 in my > patch. I am not opposed to someone else changing that to gzip. Please consider using sha512... I'm not quite convinced that this works by the way -- is 65 bytes enough to "kickstart" /dev/random? Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJQT8ewAAoJEG80Jeu8UPuzBSUIAK1nOAAkEcU+FcnGiCtebxqz ja4UbAGlr2rVItnEIqKG/juVMqb1ziIMGpn2M87C34Z7Go/VVcbfqVc1Gvr+PZgg U5Gm+O02Xy+mUJUBiYOrOWR2giIn32InCMMAdpDIL1N0q1YS/LXOtJPuvI70mb1T SZ9KReDJUIhmRVxuhbiRlFgw/zFSatnDArcCCxLx99JK9BvYj85Q/0OdOIQhaZmu IM1fLtI2HffIRpiJ+oIFuJMudEbZYJU6JX2/LWo3Ns3XTqCNSvhk5TmIyvAhKIVK CFLQOgrfHig3e1ir7TNGc/XmWrPUog1lKtAW3icWgnN39zkpIU16VOq2tq3CrCw= =loAC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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