Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:49:25 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Dan Moschuk <dan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping an /entropy file Message-ID: <71417.979116565@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:45:49 EST." <20010109154549.A2618@spirit.jaded.net>
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On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:45:49 EST, Dan Moschuk wrote:
> | > Without too big of a bikeshed, what does everyone think of either
> | > adding a system crontab or modifying the random device itself to generate
> | > /entropy at a specified interval?
> |
> | It should use the value of ${entropy_file} from /etc{,/defaults}/rc.conf.
>
> Which eliminates modifying the random device. /etc/crontab, then?
Assuming Mark doesn't have any better ideas about how to do this, just
make sure that the script called from the crontab uses rc.source_conf to
get the value of ${entropy_file} .
I'm not convinced that the random device isn't the best candidate for
the job, though. What about using a writable sysctl to specify to the
random device the location of the entropy file? The value of the sysctl
could be set early in rc .
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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