svn commit: r317015 - in head/sys: boot/forth conf crypto/chacha20 dev/random libkern sys

Shawn Webb shawn.webb at hardenedbsd.org
Tue Oct 17 18:56:08 UTC 2017


On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 09:11:03AM +0000, Mark Murray wrote:
> Author: markm
> Date: Sun Apr 16 09:11:02 2017
> New Revision: 317015
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/317015
> 
> Log:
>   Replace the RC4 algorithm for generating in-kernel secure random
>   numbers with Chacha20. Keep the API, though, as that is what the
>   other *BSD's have done.
>   
>   Use the boot-time entropy stash (if present) to bootstrap the
>   in-kernel entropy source.
>   
>   Reviewed by: delphij,rwatson
>   Approved by: so(delphij)
>   MFC after: 2 months

Hey Mark,

Do you still plan to MFC this?

Thanks,

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Shawn Webb
Cofounder and Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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