Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:01:21 -0700 From: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: d@delphij.net Cc: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, Dag-Erling =?unknown-8bit?B?77+9?= <des@des.no> Subject: Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d Message-ID: <20120911230121.GA90289@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <504FBD15.8040907@delphij.net> 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>
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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. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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