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Date:      Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:14:21 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        obrien@freebsd.org
Cc:        Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d
Message-ID:  <504EE4CD.80804@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120911071045.GC72584@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On 09/11/2012 00:10, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 01:33:46PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> Remember, the assertion that David and Arthur are making is that
>> re-using the files in /var/db/entropy is harmful.
> 
> It is not just David and Arthur, it is also the designer of the PRNG we
> use. 

And once again, you're misapplying what you're reading by failing to
take into account the differences between a theoretically perfect
system, and one that may reboot before all the files have been replaced
over time.

> It is also other cryptographic-minded folks such as I found in a
> few threads of Cryptography-Digest.

I can't deal with "appeal to authority" without being able to at least
read the relevant material. Do you have URLs for this?

-- 

    I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do
    something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
    I can do.
			-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)



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