Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:59:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:59:59 -0400 Received: from svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com ([24.136.46.5]:45069 "EHLO svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:59:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] (0/4) Entropy accounting fixes From: Robert Love To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Oliver Xymoron , linux-kernel In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 18 Aug 2002 13:03:58 -0400 Message-Id: <1029690238.1837.28.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 975 Lines: 25 On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 12:59, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Is there anything that actually uses /dev/random at all (except for > clueless programs that really don't need to)? Some OpenSSH installs must use /dev/random (either an earlier version than what Oliver quoted or the distribution changed it) because I have seen headless/diskless machines where they block on ssh session key generation indefinitely. I wrote my netdev-random to solve this... We have seen similar stuff on embedded devices at MontaVista. > Now this I absolutely agree with. The xor'ing of the buffer data is > clearly a good idea. I agree 100% with this part. You'll see no arguments > against this part at all. Yes this is _very_ smart. Robert Love - 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/