Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:07:48 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Bernard Dugas <bernard@dugas-family.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any doc reference on /entropy file ? Message-ID: <20081216160701.L61449@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <4947A83A.6050101@dugas-family.org> References: <20081216094719.EDCEE1065675@hub.freebsd.org> <4947A83A.6050101@dugas-family.org>
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> > -rw------- 1 root wheel 4096 Dec 11 17:36 entropy > > I can't find any reference to that file in FreeBSD doc. > > Any reference to it ? What is it used for ? I have look in RANDOM area, but > no reference... at startup it seeds random generator, every 11 minutes and at shutdown it's saved from random generator. it's here to make random generator more random - not starting clean at boot.
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