Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:20:29 -0400 From: "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Wesley Morgan <morganw@volatile.chemicals.tacorp.com>, Andrej Cernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: entropy reseeding is totally broken Message-ID: <20001025192029.A83666@bsdwins.com> In-Reply-To: <200010252213.e9PMD5p09234@grimreaper.grondar.za>; from mark@grondar.za on Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 03:13:04PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010251710270.3162-100000@volatile.chemicals.tacorp.com> <200010252213.e9PMD5p09234@grimreaper.grondar.za>
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Also, what rev of /etc/rc do you have installed? -john ----- Mark Murray's Original Message ----- > > I'm not knocking anyone or any code, especially considering this IS > > -current... BUT... I don't need to read the code to know that I am seeing > > the same fortunes on first login after reboot more often than I can > > attribute to random chance. Maybe nanotime is being harvested, but it > > seems that there is a time lag between system startup and reaching a state > > of "true pseudo-entropy". Also, every reboot has entropy caching failing > > to work. I don't know if this is a product of the broken reseeding or > > what, because the /etc/rc files seem to be fine. > > I am not seeing this, and I am unable to reproduce it. > > i terefore need better info than "it is so" to do anything about it. > > Please get a complete log of the boot process (put a set -x in /etc/rc > while you are about it) and get that over to me. > > M > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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