Messages in this thread | | | From | Marcin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/14] random: Remove SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM from network drivers | Date | Thu, 25 May 2006 00:35:37 +0200 |
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On 2006-05-05, at 21:11, Theodore Tso wrote:
> I've always thought the right answer is that whether or not network > packet arrival times should be used as entropy input should be > configurable, since depending on the environment, it might or might > not be safe, and for some hosts (particularly diskless servers), the > network might be the only source of entropy available to them.
The trully concerned should simply use true random number generators. Like a zenner diodes noise. For everybody else... most if not all of what /dev/random does, just simply isn't worth the trouble at all. Thus the less of it the better. BTW. Did somebody notice that the whole disc seek time dance around / dev/random does, is quite idiotic for deterministic flash drives? It will screw yours "randomness" silently...
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