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Date:      Fri, 08 Feb 2002 09:53:25 -0800
From:      Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   which irqs are generally good for rndcontrol?
Message-ID:  <3C641095.50801@isi.edu>

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Hi,

quick question: Are there any irqs that are generally a good source of 
entropy, for use with rndcontrol? I need a single setting that works 
well on a number of different machines (for our default configuration). 
Are there any drawbacks to specifying many irqs here (in the hope that 
some have good entropy on some machines, and others on other)?

Thanks,
Lars
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Lars Eggert <larse@isi.edu>               Information Sciences Institute
http://www.isi.edu/larse/              University of Southern California

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