On Fri, 31 May 2013 12:01:02 +0200 Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
> Now we happen to have very easy access to blocks of 1024bits of > randomness from a remote server in already nicely PKI signed packages > (as it is needed later for something else). > > Is it safe to simply *add* those with: > > set -1 > # fetch randomness & check signature > .. snipped... > > # Seed Software random generator > # > cat rnd > /dev/random To be on the safe side you should sleep for about 0.5 seconds after this > > # Activate software random generator as an additional source > sysctl kern.random.sys.harvest.swi=1 IIRC this doesn't do anything _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
