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Date:      Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:42:47 -0700
From:      David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com>
Cc:        Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d
Message-ID:  <20120906174247.GB13179@dragon.NUXI.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120904220754.GA3643@server.rulingia.com>
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 08:07:54AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> >What if, instead of replacing /entropy, we add an additional file in
> >/var/db/entropy at boot time that is numerically 1 higher than
> >$entropy_save_num ?
> 
> That sounds like a reasonable idea.

I don't see what that adds or fixes.  It does not correct the
possible reuse of seed material.  It also increases the size
of '/entropy' beyond 4k.

How much do we want to stuff in at one time vs. gather over time?

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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