Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:19:57 -0600 | From | "D. Stimits" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy |
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Alex Bligh - linux-kernel wrote: > > >> What is experimental about it? > > > > The implicit-and-should-be-debated-in-2.5 assumption that the entropy > > estimate still makes sense ? > > As opposed to the huge amount of sense it currently makes to > collect it depending on your NIC manufacturer, as opposed to > dependent upon a config option? > > If you mean that the option should be labelled 'not for > the paranoid' I agree. The patch does that. 'Experimental' > means the code may crash, or perform other than as advertized. > > -- > Alex Bligh > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
It would be interesting if an option were possible for entropy pool via loopback traffic.
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