Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 15:59:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seeding randomness in zee cloud Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305311559140.8854@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <0BF6FBDD-47E8-44F1-BA71-A355EDCDEDB6@webweaving.org> References: <0BF6FBDD-47E8-44F1-BA71-A355EDCDEDB6@webweaving.org>
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> .. snipped... > > # Seed Software random generator > # > cat rnd > /dev/random > > # Activate software random generator as an additional source > sysctl kern.random.sys.harvest.swi=1 > > Or does this cause a loss/reset of all entropy gathered by the hardware sofar ? no - writing to /dev/random "adds randomness"
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