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Date:      Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:31:15 -0700
From:      Ed Hall <edhall@weirdnoise.com>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: entropy reseeding is totally broken 
Message-ID:  <200010260731.AAA16904@screech.weirdnoise.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:28:31 PDT." <39F7B2EF.6DCC868D@gorean.org> 

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In real life, machines don't always get rebooted in a completely
controlled fashion (panic, power failure, etc.).  Anything that
makes a reboot longer or less reliable is a definite non-starter.

I can guarantee you, if the current /dev/random code isn't fixed before
it makes STABLE, folks running servers 24/7 are going to rip it right
out.

		-Ed




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