Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 10:07:45 -0800 From: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> To: Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which irqs are generally good for rndcontrol? Message-ID: <3C6413F1.6010401@isi.edu> References: <3C641095.50801@isi.edu> <20020208180149.A42549@host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btop>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Dominic Marks wrote: >>quick question: Are there any irqs that are generally a good source of >>entropy, for use with rndcontrol? I need a single setting that works >>well on a number of different machines (for our default configuration). >>Are there any drawbacks to specifying many irqs here (in the hope that >>some have good entropy on some machines, and others on other)? >> > > I think this was debated before, and I seem to remember Mike > Silbersack was the original poster. You might like to search the > archives and see. > > Or my memory could be in a twist (?). All I found in the archives was a related discussion if using CPU temperature and fan speed would be good sources of entropy. Lars -- Lars Eggert <larse@isi.edu> Information Sciences Institute http://www.isi.edu/larse/ University of Southern California [-- Attachment #2 --] 0 *H 01 0 + 0 *H 00 G0 *H 01 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Cape Town10 U Thawte1 0U Certificate Services1(0&U Personal Freemail RSA 2000.8.300 010824164000Z 020824164000Z0T10 UEggert1 0 U*Lars10U Lars Eggert1 0 *H larse@isi.edu00 *H 0 |\Pw v~~ FDooӦA\- Cˀ4.)&{肋 ,z (ܷر߈T7_'txGH^tt/ҹB8%t<#ֲN V0T0*+e!0 00L2uMyffBNUbNJJcdZ2s0U 0 larse@isi.edu0 U 0 0 *H aJPMՒ ]cѭC+kS+wZ1gY",YT41 j 6:~℩ D~Kؚl=u(ՎM?cF7@}T00 G0 *H 01 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Cape Town10 U Thawte1 0U Certificate Services1(0&U Personal Freemail RSA 2000.8.300 010824164000Z 020824164000Z0T10 UEggert1 0 U*Lars10U Lars Eggert1 0 *H larse@isi.edu00 *H 0 |\Pw v~~ FDooӦA\- Cˀ4.)&{肋 ,z (ܷر߈T7_'txGH^tt/ҹB8%t<#ֲN V0T0*+e!0 00L2uMyffBNUbNJJcdZ2s0U 0 larse@isi.edu0 U 0 0 *H aJPMՒ ]cѭC+kS+wZ1gY",YT41 j 6:~℩ D~Kؚl=u(ՎM?cF7@}T0)0 0 *H 01 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Cape Town10U Thawte Consulting1(0&U Certification Services Division1$0"UThawte Personal Freemail CA1+0) *H personal-freemail@thawte.com0 000830000000Z 020829235959Z01 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Cape Town10 U Thawte1 0U Certificate Services1(0&U Personal Freemail RSA 2000.8.3000 *H 0 32c %E>nx'gڈD)c5*mp<ܮto034qmOe KaU5u'rװ |CBPQ<9TIf - ki N0L0)U "0 0 10UPrivateLabel1-2970U 0 0 U 0 *H so&e4KYbDI j&*b ct mSK8P:l4撜n# KrgPo.X PW Ո9[9}4%MjÑ/<RbH10001 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Cape Town10 U Thawte1 0U Certificate Services1(0&U Personal Freemail RSA 2000.8.30G0 + a0 *H 1 *H 0 *H 1 020208180745Z0# *H 16%(Ϧ;J6 0R *H 1E0C0 *H 0*H 0 *H @0+0 *H (0 *H 101 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Cape Town10 U Thawte1 0U Certificate Services1(0&U Personal Freemail RSA 2000.8.30G0 *H M霋rꐼ/ҖÙ6l, +vfECL6+VDc"7d' v= b $3bPy0io|]()] i j;dabsX=P tIOi"R6
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