Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:13:17 +0400 From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: entropy reseeding is totally broken Message-ID: <20001025221316.A84821@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <200010251737.e9PHbWR08465@grimreaper.grondar.za>; from mark@grondar.za on Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:37:31AM -0700 References: <20001025145028.A81143@nagual.pp.ru> <200010251737.e9PHbWR08465@grimreaper.grondar.za>
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:37:31AM -0700, Mark Murray wrote: > > Unless _time_ will be used, /dev/random is plain unusable for production > > usage. > > Andrey, read the code; nanotime is all over the harvested entropy. I saw it in the code, but it not means it working. If the time is really taken, neither mine or Warner case is ever possible. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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