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Date:      Sun, 1 Dec 2019 14:15:05 -0800
From:      "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net>
To:        <cem@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org>, <sjg@juniper.net>
Subject:   Re: Killing RANDOM_LOADABLE?
Message-ID:  <40710.1575238505@kaos.jnpr.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAG6CVpXFjxUxKL6Bb3Gw1Krdo4PkUPBjCnnG5hrDcr39aoF=zQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> wrote:
> If you use / need RANDOM_LOADABLE, can you provide some information on
> your use case and needs?  If RANDOM_LOADABLE support was dropped in

We use it in all our kernels. For FIPS 140-? certification we need to
load *only* an approved  PRNG.  We don't particularly like that and nor
do some of our customers - so some 4th does runtime selection of rng
module during boot.




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