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Cc: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org,
	Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org,
	Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: svn commit: r239598 - head/etc/rc.d
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David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> I am not sure what you are arguing.  Are you asking for 'kenv' to be
> removed from better_than_nothing() ?  Or are you just making sure folks
> are aware it is not a source of strong entropy?

I am arguing against your claim that kenv is better than ps.  Even if it
does vary from machine to machine, it is constant across reboots on the
same machine.

> We already have an invocation of 'ps'.  Please suggest a *different*
> command invocation.

ps -axo majflt,minflt,nivcsw,nvcsw

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