Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:37:46 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <200007192137.XAA01094@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <946.964030188@critter.freebsd.dk> ; from Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> "Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:09:48 %2B0200." References: <946.964030188@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> The trick here is to actually measure the quality of our entropy. > I have asked Markm to provide us with some kernel option which can > be used to get a copy of the entropy so we can study the quality > off it. I have something that is _very_ crude, and definitely not commitworthy, but it is up to the doing the job above. As soon as I've prettyfied it a bit, I'll give y'all some patches. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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