Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] let Net Devices feed Entropy, updated (1/2) | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 20 Aug 2001 12:36:52 -0400 |
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On 20 Aug 2001 12:34:48 +0200, Johan Adolfsson wrote: > And I think you are wrong, this patch is needed. > Keep up the good work Robert!
I will -- thank you for the words. :)
> Where would you get the single seed from in an embedded head > less system if you don't have a hardware random generator, > no disk and don't seed it from the network interrupts?
exactly. this thread has gone off on a tangent arguing the very merits of /dev/random itself. obviously if you dislike the kernel's entropy gatherer, this patch won't sit well either.
the proper argument is, assuming that /dev/random is A Good Thing, is this patch useful? since its configurable, its not forcing any policy. since it can be argued pretty strongly that more entropy is needed on a headless and/or diskless, I think some people need it. personally, it boosts my self-esteem to have another source of entropy (my 3c905). if you are worried of the threats net devices have to your entropy, by all means -- dont enable the config setting.
> I think the patch makes sense - let people have the config option.
hopefully we can get the patch merged, if for nothing else for 2.5.
-- Robert M. Love rml at ufl.edu rml at tech9.net
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