Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:18:40 -0400 From: "Michael Scheidell" <scheidell@secnap.net> To: "Kevin Day" <toasty@dragondata.com>, "Doug Barton" <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: RE: seeding dev/random in 5.5 Message-ID: <B3BCAF4246A8A84983A80DAB50FE72424C6A00@secnap2.secnap.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Day > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:59 PM > To: Doug Barton > Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: seeding dev/random in 5.5 >=20 Yes, the install I had to do in amsterdam, translating dutch to english and back is the one I was concerned abot. >=20 >=20 Maybe sysinstall could be collecting entropy during the installation =20 > and use that for an initial seed if the timeout happens? It wouldn't =20 > be perfect, but it'd be better than killing ssh. >=20 Or use my idea of collecting 5 to 10 packets using tcpdump!
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