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Date:      Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:22:21 +0200
From:      Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>
To:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /dev/random
Message-ID:  <20120822122221.518d1807@davenulle.org>
In-Reply-To: <1701421006.20120821121752@serebryakov.spb.ru>
References:  <CAG5KPzz4GQ2C_ky_qrDroQ4srGL4daW0OO-F3eOvvL-9AO6zoQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120820220243.GA96700@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CAG5KPzwBzWvDFDZqzT4masbknKfVe-rvdTd1h6ZxEoG90Rcxqg@mail.gmail.com> <20120820225504.GA78528@server.rulingia.com> <1701421006.20120821121752@serebryakov.spb.ru>

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Le Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:17:52 +0400,
Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru> a écrit :

>   But  `man  glxsb'  says, for example, that its hardware RNG is used
> to harvest entropy...

For the record, I've tested (in FreeBSD 7) the output of glxsb with
rndtest(4) and that looked good.

glxsb collects one uint32 of "pure entropy" each hz/100 (10 ms), I'm
not sure if this is enough (?)

Regards.



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