Subject: Re: rnd and network devices
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/15/2000 17:55:07
Exactly.
Personally, I enable them.
--Michael
itojun@iijlab.net writes:
> >Why are network entropy not enabled by default?
> > /*
> > * force network devices to not collect any entropy by
> > * default
> > */
> > if (type == RND_TYPE_NET)
> > flags |= (RND_FLAG_NO_COLLECT | RND_FLAG_NO_ESTIMATE);
>
> i'm guessing...
> since we are not 100% sure if network devices are trustworthy random
> number source, as outsiders may be able to affect the "randomness"
> that comes from the device?
>
> itojun