From owner-freebsd-security Sat Aug 26 18:26:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A44337B423 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:26:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA70297; Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:26:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:26:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200008270126.VAA70297@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Adam Back Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: yarrow & /dev/random In-Reply-To: <200008262032.PAA05849@cypherspace.org> References: <200008261533.e7QFXUp25804@grimreaper.grondar.za> <200008262032.PAA05849@cypherspace.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Discussion redirected to -security.] < said: > quality randomness from generic PC hardware. There is real entropy in > that mouse swirl and keyboard input. In most of the applications where people really care (i.e., servers), there is no mouse or keyboard input. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message