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To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
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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.
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Andreas Steinmetz                       SPAMmers use robotrap@domdv.de
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