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Date:      Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:13:18 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc rc.network 
Message-ID:  <200002282113.XAA71230@grimreaper.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002281236110.54043-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> ; from Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>  "Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:36:51 PST."
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002281236110.54043-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Mark Murray wrote:
> 
> > markm       2000/02/28 11:54:07 PST
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     etc                  rc rc.network 
> >   Log:
> >   Get the order of things right; the keys need to be generated
> >   early to allow entropy to replenish.
> 
> Surely that's the other way around: keys should be generated late to give
> entropy time to build up?

The log message sucked. sshd must start late to get decent entropy. Keygen
will try hard enough (once only) to get its noise.

M
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