Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:06:20 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab rc src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/mtree BSD.root.dist src/libexec Makefile src/libexec/save-entropy Makefile save-entropy.sh Message-ID: <200101111906.f0BJ6MI09998@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <200101111301.f0BD1LM54096@freefall.freebsd.org> ; from Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> "Thu, 11 Jan 2001 05:01:20 PST." References: <200101111301.f0BD1LM54096@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Thank you, Sir! :-) > dougb 2001/01/11 05:01:20 PST > > Modified files: > etc crontab rc > etc/defaults rc.conf > etc/mtree BSD.root.dist > libexec Makefile > Added files: > libexec/save-entropy Makefile save-entropy.sh > Log: > Add a system to save entropy from /dev/random periodically so that > it can be used to reseed at boot time. This will greatly increase > the chances that there will be sufficient entropy available at > boot time to prevent long delays. > > For /etc/rc, remove the vmstat and iostat runs from the attempt > to provide some cheesy randomness if the files fail, since > those programs are dynamically linked, and ldd seems to want > some randomness to do its magic. > > Guidance and parameters for this project were provided by > Mark Murray, based on the requirements of the Yarrow > algorithm. Some helpful suggestions for implementation > (including the tip about iostat and vmstat) were provided > by Sheldon Hearn. All blame for problems or mistakes is > mine of course. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.28 +4 -1 src/etc/crontab > 1.247 +27 -11 src/etc/rc > 1.84 +4 -1 src/etc/defaults/rc.conf > 1.48 +5 -1 src/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist > 1.44 +2 -1 src/libexec/Makefile > > > -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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