From: Michael Scheidell (scheidellsecnap.net)
Date: Tue Aug 08 2006 - 18:18:40 CDT

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-securityfreebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-securityfreebsd.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Day
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:59 PM
> To: Doug Barton
> Cc: freebsd-securityfreebsd.org
> Subject: Re: seeding dev/random in 5.5
>

Yes, the install I had to do in amsterdam, translating dutch to english
and back is the one I was concerned abot.

>
>
Maybe sysinstall could be collecting entropy during the installation
> and use that for an initial seed if the timeout happens? It wouldn't
> be perfect, but it'd be better than killing ssh.
>

Or use my idea of collecting 5 to 10 packets using tcpdump!

_______________________________________________
freebsd-securityfreebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribefreebsd.org"

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]