From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 23 23:39:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D09E137B423 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:39:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grimreaper.grondar.za ([196.7.18.138] ident=root) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 13RqfV-0001PS-00; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:39:18 +0200 Received: from grimreaper.grondar.za (mark@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.za (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e7O6e5p14819; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:40:05 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.za) Message-Id: <200008240640.e7O6e5p14819@grimreaper.grondar.za> To: Johan Karlsson Cc: Louis Gerbarg , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A few device questions References: <200008240630.IAA62216@numeri.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <200008240630.IAA62216@numeri.campus.luth.se> ; from Johan Karlsson "Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:30:12 +0200." Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:40:05 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > At Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:48:32 EDT, Louis Gerbarg wrote: > > > I have been working with the OpenBSD /dev/random driver, and have > > ported it to Darwin. While I was at I wanted to also port it to > > FreeBSD, because it is more functional then current one, but I have > > a few questions: > > You should talk to Mark Murray markm@FreeBSD.Org who has done alot of > work with the current implementation of our random device. I am currently rewriting FreeBSD's /dev/random device to use Schneier's Yarrow algorithm. Some of it is in current, and a lot more is uncommitted. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message