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Date:      Wed, 24 Sep 1997 22:17:42 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Cc:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-games@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/arithmetic arithmetic.c 
Message-ID:  <199709242017.WAA01807@greenpeace.grondar.za>

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=?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= wrote:
> I think true random pool must be separated between userland and root
> devices and true randomness must come to root device first, then, when
> root pool is full, it can come to userland pool too. After it will be
> implemented I'll fix sdevrandom and arc4random to open root device first
> with fallback to userland device.

Agreed.

> I mean we don't have ARC4 hash in the kernel, only MD5 which is slower.

SHA is arguably the best. There are no licensing problems.

> > I was out of discussions for a long time while my equipment was stolen, 
> > and while I was coming back to speed.
> 
> To be nitpicking: :-) the process was started long before this bad thing
> happens with you...

Oops :-). I have no archives from those days.

> Of course I am interested to resolve this issue too, maybe I'll send you
> kernel driver patch for review if I'll understand how to fix it quickly.

Please give me a chance first to get the NetBSD stuff working.

M
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