Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:56:57 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <7469.963903417@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:52:07 %2B0200." <200007180652.IAA04139@grimreaper.grondar.za>
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In message <200007180652.IAA04139@grimreaper.grondar.za>, Mark Murray writes: >> No, he doesn't have access to the offset from the machines local clock. >> >> I ran a quick & dirty test here on some logfiles: that offset is >> very close to white noise. > >With what amplitude? Depends on the termal environment of your xtal obviously :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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