Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:59:45 +0100 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org 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 Message-ID: <200404100859.i3A8xj0w066454@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:39:58 BST." <6.0.1.1.1.20040410093354.07d96008@imap.sfu.ca>
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Colin Percival writes: > Is there any reason we can't just have an rc.conf variable > entropy_trust_the_spooks = "YES" > which allows users to choose between optimal performance and > possible problems if the entropy source isn't as good as the > vendor claims? Sure, that is possible, but I have an aversion to building something that is too complicated, because sooner-or-later someone is going to stumble over a previously unthought-of combination and create an embarrassing incident. I'd rather keep it simple. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH
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