Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:24:09 +0100 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: Entropy Pool Contents |
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Hello!
> After a reboot the entropy estimate starts at zero, so if you are adding > data to the pool from the previous boot, you DO want the estimate to > increase because you are, in fact, adding entropy.
I'm adding entropy, but unless I record the exact amount of entropy when dumping the pool, I don't know how much I am adding, so using any fixed number is obviously wrong.
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