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Re: [Full-disclosure] DakaRand

On 20/08/2012 16:32, Dan Kaminsky wrote:
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:pschmehl_lists@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: 

    --On August 20, 2012 2:22:28 AM -0700 Dan Kaminsky
    <dan@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dan@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:


        May I ask what FreeBSD's entropy sources are?


    I'm surprised you don't already know.  From device noise.
Which class? There are many sorts of said noise (most of which I believe actually work).
Not in answer to your questions, and not specific to FreeBSD, but the following book "Silence on the Wire" provides a good discussion in the weaknesses of systems lacking in entropy. 

http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/silence.shtml#/

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