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Re: /dev/random needs an upgrade

From: Garance A Drosihn (drosihrpi.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 01 2005 - 14:33:25 CST


At 3:07 PM -0500 4/1/05, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>We need donations to refill /dev/random.
>
>It will soon become empty!
>
>If OpenBSD is important to you this is the right time to step up and
>donate some money. The goal is to have this ready before the hackathon
>so don't wait!
>
>Let me stress that the entropy source is the single most important
>infrastructure device for OpenBSD. That's where good ideas come from!
>
>
>ps. if you can't donate cash you could consider beer. It's another
>high-quality stimulant to good ideas...

If nothing else, the beer will encourage randomness.

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Garance Alistair Drosehn = gadgilead.netel.rpi.edu
Senior Systems Programmer or gadfreebsd.org
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosihrpi.edu