Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:06:19 +0100 From: Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Andrew Thompson <andy@fud.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dev/random Message-ID: <200404132006.i3DK6JIn001634@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:37:53 %2B1200." <20040413193753.GA50674@kate.fud.org.nz>
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Andrew Thompson writes: > > SOME_COMMAND should have output entropy proportional to the seriousness > > of your threat model. For messing around at home, 'ls -alR /etc /var' is > > probably OK. > > > > Something like 'echo foo' will work, but will start your RNG in a known > > insecure state. > > > > Ok. The build instructions may need to be updated, or I can see a lot of users > crying that their installworld has frozen. > > > # make buildworld > # make buildkernel > # make installkernel > # reboot to single user > # *kick the random device with some entropy* > # mergemaster -p > # make installworld > # mergemaster > # reboot Yeah, we are on it! Thanks for the interest! M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH
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