Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:06:12 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, <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: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101111501260.11112-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200101111901.f0BJ1jU72510@earth.backplane.com>
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Matt Dillon wrote:
> This whole entropy thing has been a holy mess, and placing the file
> in / makes it even more of a mess. We don't need the level
> of randomness-paranoia that is being programmed into the system.
Well YOU might not need it Matt, but personally I think the whole
Yarrow concept is incredibly cool, and I like the idea of freebsd taking
the lead in something, especially an area that's so important to system
security. Am I the only one who sees how this is ultimately going to
broaden our potential market base? Wouldn't you like to have part of the
system that is actually more secure than openbsd?
Yes, there is some pain involved in the process. But -current is
so broken right now that I have a hard time believing that this is the
issue that people are devovting so much energy to.
Doug
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