Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times.

On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:28:46 +0200
Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:

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> 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 it just resets the counters, after
initrandom forces a slow reseed all of the accumulated entropy  (up
to 256 bits) is in the generator.

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