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Date:      Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:53:57 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak 
Message-ID:  <200007211253.OAA00377@grimreaper.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007210345170.13729-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> ; from Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>  "Fri, 21 Jul 2000 03:46:31 MST."
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007210345170.13729-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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> > What about saving the state of the RNG and re-reading it on bootup?  That
> > will allow Yarrow to continue right where it left off. :-)
> 
> That's a bad thing. You don't want someone to be able to examine the exact
> PRNG state at next boot by looking at your hard disk after the machine has
> shut down.

It is a Yarrow-mandated procedure. Please read the Yarrow paper.

If they can do that, they have either the console (==root) or they have
root. Either way, who cares what they know about your machine, they have
the whole darn thing :-O.

M
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