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 -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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