Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:42:19 +0100 | From | Andreas Steinmetz <> | Subject | Re: no entropy and no output at /dev/random (quick question) |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote: > I doubt that timer and eth* are a non-predictable source. As such, they should > not contribute to the entropy. Better is the keyboard and/or mouse. SSH traffic > is network traffic, and if you send it to a network card, you can expect an > interrupt at <time>... prdictable.
Timer, ok. But network - only if you are in full control of the network segment the system is attached to which may be the case for your private network but usually you can't predict what network traffic is actually going on. -- Andreas Steinmetz SPAMmers use robotrap@domdv.de - 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/
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