From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jul 30 23: 4:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from grimreaper.grondar.za (grimreaper.grondar.za [196.7.18.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA5E037BA55; Sun, 30 Jul 2000 23:04:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grimreaper.grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA11207; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:04:23 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.za) Message-Id: <200007310604.IAA11207@grimreaper.grondar.za> To: Kris Kennaway Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak References: In-Reply-To: ; from Kris Kennaway "Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:08:46 MST." Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:04:23 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Mark Murray wrote: > > > This is a reversion to the count-entropy-and-block model which I have > > been fiercely resisting (and which argument I thought I had sucessfully > > defended). > > Actually, I was waiting for your reply to Jeroen's question about changing > the semantics of the random devices. Oops; I thought I got that one. ISTR something about looking for different algorithms that may do it, and you pointed me at 2 sites; one had no write-up, and I'm looking at the other. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message