Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:02:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007301159370.8844-100000@green.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200007300924.LAA07632@grimreaper.grondar.za>
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On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Mark Murray wrote: > > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="yarrow_blocking.patch" > > Brian: > > I want to take a different approach to this one. > > Do not commit anything to the /dev/random device, please, without running > it by me. I was not planning on it. You really should take a look at the bugfixes, though; reading buffer sizes of >8 bytes but not-8-byte-multiple should do it. There's also the ioctl handler which you need stubs for and then checking for open devices when you attempt to unload the module. > M > -- > Mark Murray > Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! / green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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