From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jul 17 23:53: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from grimreaper.grondar.za (grimreaper.grondar.za [196.7.18.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F343337BB50 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:53:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grimreaper.grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA04139; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:52:07 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.za) Message-Id: <200007180652.IAA04139@grimreaper.grondar.za> To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak References: <7083.963900351@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <7083.963900351@critter.freebsd.dk> ; from Poul-Henning Kamp "Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:05:51 +0200." Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:52:07 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > No, he doesn't have access to the offset from the machines local clock. > > I ran a quick & dirty test here on some logfiles: that offset is > very close to white noise. With what amplitude? M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message