Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:38:10 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, markm@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: yarrow random generator Message-ID: <4B3530C2.4020607@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912251345230.73550@fledge.watson.org> References: <5a5b03660912240445x7df1498dt42e29d93105efebc@mail.gmail.com> <oCmohG1K70vWpt/39IVPMdciTgk@DNdB9ElzNmEFYWRqT2UTVtuts%2BE> <4B339F27.6020707@freebsd.org> <5a5b03660912240941r6b76a839u819a8a1408816386@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912241945490.73550@fledge.watson.org> <20091224231334.2e242371@gumby.homeunix.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912251345230.73550@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > I'll point Mark Murray at this thread and see if we can get him to opine > some on the current design choices and any potential changes to address > them. I was interested by your observation that the boot-time dumping > of bits into /dev/random may overflow the buffering -- I was peripherally involved in the introduction of yarrow in the sense that I wrote most of the rc and periodic stuff for it so I am also interested in this issue. Rather than speculating about whether it's overflowing the buffer perhaps a patch can be produced to test this hypothesis? I can't do it today, but if no one else gets around to it soon I will give it a look. Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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