Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 20:44:11 +0400 From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: markm@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: entropy reseeding is totally broken Message-ID: <20001020204411.A25125@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20001020202753.A24895@nagual.pp.ru>; from ache@nagual.pp.ru on Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 08:27:53PM %2B0400 References: <20001020084845.A19580@nagual.pp.ru> <20001020202753.A24895@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 08:27:53PM +0400, Андрей Чернов wrote: > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 08:48:46AM +0400, Андрей Чернов wrote: > > In very recent -current, my entropy file writted and readed sucessfully, > > but I got the same fortune quote again and again right after reboot! > > > > It means that anything writted to /dev/random not reseed it but _reset_ it > > to the same default state. > > It seems I find the problem area. 4096 bytes written in rc.shutdown are > not enough for reseeding. When I change them to 16384 bytes, it works! BTW, 16384 is _minimal_ value, all lower values _not_ cause reseeding. I don't know, why. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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