Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 12:16:08 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <200007231016.MAA00486@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007230107130.81127-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> ; from Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> "Sun, 23 Jul 2000 01:08:54 MST." References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007230107130.81127-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > Obviously, if you need more randomness than a stock FreeBSD system > > can provide you with, you add hardware to give you more randomness. > > This won't help if it's fed through Yarrow. *BZZZZTTT!* Wrong. A good hardware RNG when fed at a high-enough rate through Yarrow can easily produce a continuous stream of what you need. (If we take that route, the current implementation may need to be tweaked a bit to stop reseeding after a period of unuse to avoid hammering the kernel too much; this needs careful thought). 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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