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 -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org
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