Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 19:11:12 +0200 From: Vadim Belman <voland@mail.mobilix.dk> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <20000718191112.C333@flow.isolve.dk> In-Reply-To: <10791.963939817@critter.freebsd.dk>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 07:03:37PM %2B0200 References: <20000718185841.B333@flow.isolve.dk> <10791.963939817@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 07:03:37PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > I mostly agree, but let's put it other way. A rare situation with a > >local network with no external connection, no NTP servers. Just a server(s) > >plus several clients. At least some of the clients are being treated as > >untrusted (consider public terminals) and server has some critical > >information on it. > > Nobody talked about relying on *only* NTP for entropy, quite the > contrary in fact. This I understand. 8) Ok, I've gotten the answer from the thread, somehow missed it before. -- /Voland Vadim Belman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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