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Date:      Mon, 26 Jun 2000 08:26:17 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP! New (incomplete) /dev/random device!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006260825190.28246-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <200006251824.UAA13798@freebsd.dk>

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On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Soren Schmidt wrote:

> It seems Mark Murray wrote:
> > > > Without knowing what you typed (and where), I can't help.
> > > 
> > > Well, I thought that was obvious :)
> > 
> > Not really; folks do the darndest things. :-)
> > 
> > > Just added options RANDOMDEV as pr your instructions and made
> > > a new kernel with config -r and make depend then make....
> > 
> > Do you have a full crypto distribution (kernel also)?
> 
> Nope, just figured that out myself :)
> Aren't we supposed to be able to build without crypto ??

Since the random dev is a cryptographically strong PRNG, I think its
reasonable to depend on the crypto kernel bits.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 20 8442 9037




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