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Date:      Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:46:57 +0100
From:      Mark R V Murray <mark@grondar.org>
To:        Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r256377 - in head: etc/defaults etc/rc.d share/examples/kld/random_adaptor share/man/man4 sys/boot/forth sys/conf sys/dev/glxsb sys/dev/hifn sys/dev/random sys/dev/rndtest sys/dev/safe ...
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On 12 Oct 2013, at 17:44, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> =
wrote:

> You know... for years I've been compiling a custom apache for $work =
and using the
> --with-random=3D/dev/urandom flag. And then recently in the past =
couple years in 8.x
> I recall having problems with a GnuPG related tool that would hang due =
to lack of
> entropy on a freshly installed box when generating "stuff" using =
random(4).
>=20
> Are the days of choosing between urandom(4) and random(4) over?

They were over last millennium :-)

> Would SSL function great on a freshly installed box even if using =
random(4) for
> apache? (it wants to default to /dev/random anyways)

Yup! No worse than usual.

M
--=20
Mark R V Murray


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