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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules/random Makefile src/sys/dev/random
 harvest.c hash.c hash.h nehemiah.c nehemiah.h probe.c randomdev.c 
 randomdev.h randomdev_soft.c randomdev_soft.h yar
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On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Mark Murray wrote:
> markm       2004/04/09 08:47:11 PDT
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/modules/random   Makefile
>     sys/dev/random       harvest.c hash.c hash.h randomdev.c
>                          randomdev.h yarrow.c yarrow.h
>     sys/conf             files
>   Added files:
>     sys/dev/random       nehemiah.c nehemiah.h probe.c
>                          randomdev_soft.c randomdev_soft.h
>   Log:
>   Reorganise the entropy device so that high-yield entropy sources
>   can more easily be used INSTEAD OF the hard-working Yarrow.
>   The only hardware source used at this point is the one inside
>   the VIA C3 Nehemiah (Stepping 3 and above) CPU. More sources will
>   be added in due course. Contributions welcome!
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.883     +3 -0      src/sys/conf/files
>   1.23      +12 -14    src/sys/dev/random/harvest.c
>   1.12      +1 -1      src/sys/dev/random/hash.c
>   1.5       +1 -1      src/sys/dev/random/hash.h
>   1.1       +66 -0     src/sys/dev/random/nehemiah.c (new)
>   1.1       +29 -0     src/sys/dev/random/nehemiah.h (new)
>   1.1       +68 -0     src/sys/dev/random/probe.c (new)
>   1.49      +80 -330   src/sys/dev/random/randomdev.c
>   1.5       +20 -52    src/sys/dev/random/randomdev.h
>   1.1       +369 -0    src/sys/dev/random/randomdev_soft.c (new)
>   1.1       +93 -0     src/sys/dev/random/randomdev_soft.h (new)
>   1.44      +51 -25    src/sys/dev/random/yarrow.c
>   1.18      +1 -1      src/sys/dev/random/yarrow.h
>   1.14      +3 -1      src/sys/modules/random/Makefile

This is a huge mistake.  At the very minimum, I take it you never read our
paper.

http://www.cryptography.com/resources/whitepapers/index.html

-Nate