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From: Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: Keeping an /entropy file
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| > Without too big of a bikeshed, what does everyone think of either 
| > adding a system crontab or modifying the random device itself to generate
| > /entropy at a specified interval?
| 
| It should use the value of ${entropy_file} from /etc{,/defaults}/rc.conf.

Which eliminates modifying the random device.  /etc/crontab, then?

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