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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.

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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.


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