svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d

Doug Barton dougb at FreeBSD.org
Tue Sep 11 07:16:47 UTC 2012


On 09/11/2012 00:10, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 01:33:46PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> Remember, the assertion that David and Arthur are making is that
>> re-using the files in /var/db/entropy is harmful.
> 
> It is not just David and Arthur, it is also the designer of the PRNG we
> use. 

And once again, you're misapplying what you're reading by failing to
take into account the differences between a theoretically perfect
system, and one that may reboot before all the files have been replaced
over time.

> It is also other cryptographic-minded folks such as I found in a
> few threads of Cryptography-Digest.

I can't deal with "appeal to authority" without being able to at least
read the relevant material. Do you have URLs for this?

-- 

    I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do
    something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
    I can do.
			-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)


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