Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 23:17:19 +0000 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mail.theinternet.com.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Syscons flag to turn off random_harvest in scmouse? Message-ID: <20001126231719.A32978@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <200011262120.eAQLKfe01568@gratis.grondar.za>; from mark@grondar.za on Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 01:20:39AM %2B0200 References: <20001127024056.F14398@zeus.theinternet.com.au> <200011262120.eAQLKfe01568@gratis.grondar.za>
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On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 01:20:39AM +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > See above. SSH needs good randomness. it is silly to try to break > that. To be fair, if the random module depends that badly on getting entropy from the mouse it isn't much good for many of our users who may not even have a mouse, keyboard or console. (Even when using X, personally I use the mouse as little as possible. On some of our servers the console is rarely used). I think the yarrow stuff is probably somewhat more roubust than requiring the mouse - as long as there is some source of entropy. What other sources does the random device currently use? David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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