RW <[email protected]> writes: > They key will therefore *accumulate* entropy across multiple reseeds. Forgot to address this. By definition, there can never be more entropy in Yarrow than the key size. So it *does* throw away entropy in the sense that if it accumulated, say, 900 bits of entropy pre-boot (to pick one of the numbers Pawel cited), 650 of them are wasted. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"