Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:18:39 -0700 From: Rush Carskadden <rcarskadden@lightrealm.com> To: 'Kris Kennaway' <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <E0DBEB7DB64ED311A0520090279C1C87027E6718@EXCHANGE>
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I was referring to the portion that said:
> If you can't reach a NTP server, you are not connected to the internet. In
> that case you don't need to worry so much about security...
I was not disagreeing with Wollman, I was assisting him in pointing out
Neland's oversight.
ok,
Rush Carskadden
-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:kris@FreeBSD.ORG]
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 7:14 PM
To: Rush Carskadden
Cc: 'Garrett Wollman'; Leif Neland; security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: RE: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Rush Carskadden wrote:
> It is somewhat troubling to me to think that you may assume the only
> time you need security is when you are connected to the Internet. Picture
a
That's not what he said:
> Unless, of course, the reason your machine is not connected to the
> Internet is in order that it be able to provide some critical security
> functionality.
i.e. the machine is not connected to the net because it is critical to
security.
Kris
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