Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:58:26 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> Cc: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <7490.963903506@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:52:01 EDT." <3973FE91.BB1868DD@vangelderen.org>
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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
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