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Subject: Re: seeding dev/random in 5.5
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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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