Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:08:46 +0000 From: Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com> To: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which irqs are generally good for rndcontrol? Message-ID: <20020208180846.B42549@host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btop> In-Reply-To: <20020208180149.A42549@host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btop>; from dominic_marks@btinternet.com on Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 06:01:49PM %2B0000 References: <3C641095.50801@isi.edu> <20020208180149.A42549@host213-123-132-86.in-addr.btop>
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Hey, On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 06:01:49PM +0000, Dominic Marks wrote: > Hey, > > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 09:53:25AM -0800, Lars Eggert wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 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)? > > > > Thanks, > > Lars > > -- > > Lars Eggert <larse@isi.edu> Information Sciences Institute > > http://www.isi.edu/larse/ University of Southern California > > 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 (?). Twisted Indeed: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi? * fetch=530673+532567+/usr/local/www/db/text/2001/ * freebsd-hackers/20011111.freebsd-hackers Similar, but different. -- Dominic ==> Blatant EMail Abuse Start {I'm looking for a summer job. If your based in or around London and need some skivvy work doing by an impoverished student :) please mail me privately, I can code (best to ask if you need specifics) and Admin, ... and make tea, use a photocopier, Thanks} <== Blatant EMail Abuse Stop To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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