svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d
David O'Brien
obrien at FreeBSD.org
Thu Sep 6 17:42:48 UTC 2012
On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 08:07:54AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> >What if, instead of replacing /entropy, we add an additional file in
> >/var/db/entropy at boot time that is numerically 1 higher than
> >$entropy_save_num ?
>
> That sounds like a reasonable idea.
I don't see what that adds or fixes. It does not correct the
possible reuse of seed material. It also increases the size
of '/entropy' beyond 4k.
How much do we want to stuff in at one time vs. gather over time?
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