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Alex Bligh - linux-kernel  wrote:
>For clarity, I'm saying Robert's patch is GOOD, and those who are trying
>to point out what I consider to be extremely theoretical weakness it
>introduces into /dev/random (and then, only when config'd on), [...]

That's one place where we disagree.  Over-estimating entropy is not a
theoretical weakness: this is something that real cryptographers get real
worried about.  It's one of the easiest ways for a crypto system to fail.