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List:       freebsd-security
Subject:    Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d
From:       Mark Murray <markm () FreeBSD ! org>
Date:       2012-09-18 9:08:47
Message-ID: E1TDtnT-00093h-QQ () groundzero ! grondar ! org
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Pawel Jakub Dawidek writes:
> Why can't we split harvesting entropy from /dev/random from harvesting
> entropy from sources that are much more performance-sensitive?
> Currently random_harvest_internal() is used for both and it is trying to
> be fast, as we don't want to slow down the caller. But with /dev/random
> the caller won't mind to be slowed down.

Put that way, it actually makes sense. :-)

M
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