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Date:      Mon, 12 Feb 2001 00:42:02 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        John Indra <john@office.naver.co.id>
Cc:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is -CURRENT in bad shape?
Message-ID:  <20010212004201.A27121@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <20010212135748.A9535@office.naver.co.id>; from john@office.naver.co.id on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 01:57:49PM %2B0700
References:  <20010212132036.A58094@office.naver.co.id> <20010211223956.X3274@fw.wintelcom.net> <20010212135748.A9535@office.naver.co.id>

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On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 01:57:49PM +0700, John Indra wrote:

> BTW, today I saw post from John Baldwin to remove device random from the
> kernel config. Then, other post replied that this is a good thing, mpg123
> playing went a lot better for him, well at least, that's what he said.
>=20
> If this is so, then why is there a device random line in GENERIC kernel?
> Do we really need device random?

Only if you use things like SSH, SSL, or other cryptographic
utilities/protocols :-)

Mark committed patches last night which reduce the impact the random
device has on the system, and it will probably get better over time
with other commits.

Kris

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