On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:05:32 +0200 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > RW <[email protected]> writes: > > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <[email protected]> writes: > > > I would also suggest modifying yarrow to block reseeding as long > > > as possible, ideally right up until the first time something asks > > > for a random number, since reseeding throws away all accumulated > > > entropy. > > reseeding doesn't throw away entropy >=20 > Yes, it does. Would you elaborate? I don't see what you mean by that? When yarrow reseeds, the previous generator key is hashed with the pool[s], into the new key. They key will therefore *accumulate* entropy across multiple reseeds. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"