Collecting entropy from device_attach() times.

RW rwmaillists at googlemail.com
Thu Sep 20 22:07:38 UTC 2012


On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:32:36 +0100
Jonathan Anderson wrote:

> On Wednesday, 19 September 2012 at 21:46, RW wrote:
> > extra bits may make the difference between secure and insecure
> 
> I'm sorry, this may be a bit pedantic, but I have to object to the
> terms "secure" and "insecure" used without qualification. :) Perhaps
> you mean "predictable" and "unpredictable"?

No I meant "extra bits may make the difference between /dev/random being
secure and being insecure". Sorry if it wasn't clear.


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