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Date:      Sat, 21 Oct 2000 20:17:45 +0200
From:      Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.org>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc
Message-ID:  <20001021201745.A21516@dohd.cx>
In-Reply-To: <81922.972151063@winston.osd.bsdi.com>; from jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com on Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 10:57:43AM -0700
References:  <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> <81922.972151063@winston.osd.bsdi.com>

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> > a nice idea.  We would have to check every program that is used during
> > the bootup procedure to make sure that they don't use /dev/random or at
> > least make sure that seeding will be finished by the time booting has
> > finished.
> But if it blocks until the reseed is finished, what's the problem?
Hmm... that putting the entropy reseeding in background doesn't improve
anything if 2 lines later ldconfig, mfs, or whatever sets in and blocks
for it?

Mark
-- 
Nice testing in little China...


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