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Date:      Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:15:39 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times.
Message-ID:  <86sjabarxg.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20120920230133.55b63dea@gumby.homeunix.com> (RW's message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:01:33 %2B0100")
References:  <20120918211422.GA1400@garage.freebsd.pl> <867grqm3pt.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20120919184758.28589516@gumby.homeunix.com> <86sjadt677.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20120920230133.55b63dea@gumby.homeunix.com>

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RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> writes:
> > > Reseeding doesn't throw away entropy
> > Yes, it does.
> Would you elaborate? I don't see what you mean by that?

Never mind.  I read through the code multiple times without seeing the
line where it mixes in the old key.  It does it in a very strange way,
though: it doesn't just mix in the key, but the entire AES context.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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