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Date:      Mon, 1 Jun 2020 16:29:56 +0000
From:      "neel_neelc.org (Neel Chauhan)" <phabric-noreply@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Phabricator <phabric-noreply@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   [Differential] D24989: netinet: Generate a random RSS key on boot.
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neel_neelc.org added a comment.


  In D24989#552576 <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24989#552576>, @avg wrote:
  
  > I have a vague memory, maybe wrong, that commonly used fixed RSS keys were selected because they had some property (-ies).
  > So, maybe just being random is not good enough?
  > I think that hypothetical `rss_isbadkey` was mentioned for a reason?
  
  I Google searched this and haven't found much evidence on RSS keys. I could be wrong as well.

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