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Date:      Fri, 31 May 2013 15:59:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: seeding randomness in zee cloud
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305311559140.8854@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <0BF6FBDD-47E8-44F1-BA71-A355EDCDEDB6@webweaving.org>
References:  <0BF6FBDD-47E8-44F1-BA71-A355EDCDEDB6@webweaving.org>

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> 	.. snipped...
>
> 	# Seed Software random generator
> 	#
> 	cat rnd > /dev/random
>
> 	# Activate software random generator as an additional source
> 	sysctl kern.random.sys.harvest.swi=1
>
> Or does this cause a loss/reset of all entropy gathered by the hardware sofar ?

no - writing to /dev/random "adds randomness"



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