From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jul 17 23:58:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 121CD37BB60; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:58:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA07492; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:58:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" Cc: Alexander Langer , "Louis A. Mamakos" , Mark Murray , "Andrey A. Chernov" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:52:01 EDT." <3973FE91.BB1868DD@vangelderen.org> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:58:26 +0200 Message-ID: <7490.963903506@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3973FE91.BB1868DD@vangelderen.org>, "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" writes >It's up to the user to decide what security level he needs. >Both ought to be possible but having an insecure box ought >to be an explicit decision. Principle of POLA: The box doesn't come up in a stupid configuration right after install. Principle of "tools, not politics": You can configure it stupidly if you want, you can also strengthen it beyond practical use if you want. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message