Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 20:26:16 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <200007301826.UAA09292@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007301313300.36725-100000@green.dyndns.org> ; from Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> "Sun, 30 Jul 2000 13:28:47 -0400." References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007301313300.36725-100000@green.dyndns.org>
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> > EG, by having it such that Yarrow state perturbations happen often > > enough that each read is "guaranteed" to be associated with at least > > one and preferably more. > > Can you give me an idea how this would work, at least with e.g. > pseudocode annotation of the current code? I'm curious what you're > going to change that will allow reseeeding while a read is in > progress. I didn't say "reseed", I said "perturb". Same code, (improved reseed control), more harvesting calls. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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