Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:57:09 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: hw RNG support? Message-ID: <200508291757.17501@harrymail>
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--nextPart1310401.x34mSM8sf9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hello, the (4) random man page describes that kern.random.sys.seeded would not be= =20 seen if the system has a hardware RNG. Now my chipset (i815) is supposed=20 to have one, also I have a box with a HIFN 7951, which, according to man=20 (4) hifn, also has a RNG, but I'm seeing the mentioned sysctls. How can I test if my hw rng is used at all? I'd like to disable=20 entropy-harvesting on machines with hw rng. Thanks, =2DHarry --nextPart1310401.x34mSM8sf9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDEzBdBylq0S4AzzwRAqNLAJ9sO1p+braFB6W62OMSUTeOE8FyfACfVd+T 33CGFkXY/4HgEW9hlhw1A6w= =D9+Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1310401.x34mSM8sf9--
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