Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:05:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet entropy harvesting seriously pessimizes performance Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103122102030.54019-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <200103122144.f2CLi3f92042@gratis.grondar.za>
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Mark Murray wrote: > Lots of security minded people what _all_ the interrupt entropy > they can get, and this method gives them that while allowing others > to throttle the harvester back. Lots of -CURRENT users want to be able to use their systems to write code without tripping over /dev/random and friends. I hear lots of people objecting to this code and alot of handwaving in response. Choose reasonable defaults already. The -CURRENT cvs tree isn't the proper venue for doing crypto research. Thanks. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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