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Date:      10 Jan 2001 11:10:39 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG, markm@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Keeping an /entropy file
Message-ID:  <xzplmsjg1k0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Dan Moschuk's message of "Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:54:45 -0500"
References:  <20010109105445.A434@spirit.jaded.net>

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Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> 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?

Doesn't that consume a largish amount of entropy? If so, I don't think
it's a very good idea.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org


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