From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:19:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:18:58 -0400 Received: from mailhost.idcomm.com ([207.40.196.14]:45466 "EHLO mailhost.idcomm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:18:42 -0400 Message-ID: <3B7C2AED.F8882B5A@idcomm.com> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:19:57 -0600 From: "D. Stimits" Reply-To: stimits@idcomm.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.6-pre1-xfs-4 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy In-Reply-To: <20010816190255.A17095@se1.cogenit.fr> <212453020.997993720@[169.254.45.213]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@localhost.localdomain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alex Bligh - linux-kernel wrote: > > >> What is experimental about it? > > > > The implicit-and-should-be-debated-in-2.5 assumption that the entropy > > estimate still makes sense ? > > As opposed to the huge amount of sense it currently makes to > collect it depending on your NIC manufacturer, as opposed to > dependent upon a config option? > > If you mean that the option should be labelled 'not for > the paranoid' I agree. The patch does that. 'Experimental' > means the code may crash, or perform other than as advertized. > > -- > Alex Bligh > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ It would be interesting if an option were possible for entropy pool via loopback traffic. D. Stimits, stimits@idcomm.com