Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:04:53 -0400 From: Michael Scheidell <scheidell@secnap.net> To: "R. B. Riddick" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seeding dev/random in 5.5 Message-ID: <44D88BF5.9060402@secnap.net> In-Reply-To: <20060808123808.59113.qmail@web30306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060808123808.59113.qmail@web30306.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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R. B. Riddick wrote: > --- Michael Scheidell <scheidell@secnap.net> wrote: > >>> I think that during the first reboot after a fresh install >>> the kern.random.sys sysctl settings are already orderly >>> before rc.d/sshd is called... >>> >>> If yes, then sending some pings should do the trick... Or >>> not? I mean: NETWORKING should already be provided at that point... >>> >> I am not sure I understand what you are saying in the context of my >> question. >> >> > I mean: > Instead of changing a rc.d script u or ur friend could just send some pings to > the deeply buried box... > > why would that help? if (without changing rc file) /dev/random isn't seeded by networking, why wold a ping help? -- Michael Scheidell, CTO SECNAP Network Security / www.secnap.com scheidell@secnap.net / 1+561-999-5000, x 1131
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