From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 7 10:16:32 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B18CC1; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:16:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgj@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8CC3244D; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:16:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r97AGWW5019451; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:16:32 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id r97AGW6I019450; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:16:32 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201310071016.r97AGW6I019450@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:16:32 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42870 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:16:33 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Mon Oct 7 10:16:32 2013 New Revision: 42870 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42870 Log: - Add Q3 report on progress of random(4) Submitted by: markm Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Mon Oct 7 10:10:19 2013 (r42869) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Mon Oct 7 10:16:32 2013 (r42870) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 18 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

+ contains 19 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

The deadline for submissions covering between October and @@ -938,4 +938,47 @@ set.

+ + + Updating <tt>random(4)</tt> + + + + + Mark + Murray + + markm@freebsd.org + + + + + Arthur + Mesh + + arthurmesh@gmail.com + + + + + Dag-Erling + Smørgrav + + des@freebsd.org + + + + +

Update of random(4) to account for recent revelations, + and make more extensible, is in progress.

+ + + + Fortuna is to be an alternative for Yarrow in FreeBSD 11.x. + Yarrow may be deprecated in a couple of years. + FIPS 800-90b support is planned. + A full, in-depth review of entropy is going to be done with + external help. + +