Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 03:37:09PM -0700, Xin Li wrote:
> On 09/11/12 14:52, David O'Brien wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 02:22:15PM -0700, Xin Li wrote:
> > > Hmm, but this sha256 run will turn the output to 65 bytes (hex 
> > > representation of 256 bits of hash output, 64 bytes, and one \n),
> > > so, only 256 bits of random data, is that intentional?
....
> > You suggested gzip, but I just don't know enough about compression 
> > algorithms as they apply in this area to know if we should use
> > gzip instead or not.
> 
> I don't think I know enough here, unfortunately...

Since I cannot justify using gzip, I'm keeping the sha256 in my patch.
I am not opposed to someone else changing that to gzip.

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-- David  ([e-mail])
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