Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:24:42 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, 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: <200011270624.eAR6Oke03507@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <200011270232.LAA19383@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> ; from Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> "Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:32:24 %2B0900." References: <200011270232.LAA19383@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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> I tend to agree. Moused is an optional component in FreeBSD, > thus, we cannot expect that it is always running. I'm not expecting it, but it is a folly to ignore that good a source of randomness. If you don't have a mouse (or you don't use it), there is a bit of a struggle for randomness. It can be worked around, but with some difficulty. > It may be a good source of randomness, but the random module > cannot and should not depend on it so heavily. That is temporary. Within a couple of weeks there will be harvesting from more sources. 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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