Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:48:48 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seeding dev/random in 5.5 Message-ID: <44D922E0.5050005@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45114657-81B6-4618-BFBB-7BD2EA4D0418@dragondata.com> References: <44D7B860.5080906@secnap.net> <44D8CB3C.5090906@FreeBSD.org> <45114657-81B6-4618-BFBB-7BD2EA4D0418@dragondata.com>
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Kevin Day wrote:
> Maybe sysinstall could be collecting entropy during the installation and
> use that for an initial seed if the timeout happens? It wouldn't be
> perfect, but it'd be better than killing ssh.
The patches you sent to implement this option didn't come through to the
mailing list, could you resend them please? :)
Seriously though, a lot of people looked at this problem when yarrow was
introduced, and no solution became immediately apparent. So, if someone
wants to take a crack at implementing something, knock yourself out.
Doug
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