From owner-freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 6 17:42:48 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 664) id A276D1065672; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 17:42:48 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:42:47 -0700 From: David O'Brien To: Peter Jeremy Message-ID: <20120906174247.GB13179@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <201208221843.q7MIhLU4077951@svn.freebsd.org> <5043DBAF.40506@FreeBSD.org> <20120903171538.GM1464@x96.org> <50450F2A.10708@FreeBSD.org> <20120903203505.GN1464@x96.org> <50451D6E.30401@FreeBSD.org> <20120903214638.GO1464@x96.org> <50453686.9090100@FreeBSD.org> <20120904220754.GA3643@server.rulingia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120904220754.GA3643@server.rulingia.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Arthur Mesh , freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Doug Barton , freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d X-BeenThere: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: "Discussion related to /etc/rc.d design and implementation." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:42:48 -0000 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)