Add warning about /dev/random disconnecting entropy for a few days while

the code is reworked.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index e8ae588..29ea1c1 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ directly to him.  See end of file for further details.  For commonly
 done items, please see the end of the file.  Search for 'COMMON
 ITEMS:'
 
+20000624:
+	Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
+	/dev/zero, et al.  This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
+	The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
+	-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD for cryptographic services
+	until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
+	openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
+	date to the completion of the work.
+
 20000622:
 	The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
 	BSD license.  You may need to remove your symbolic links
@@ -39,9 +48,6 @@ ITEMS:'
 	of the config file has changed as well.  Please see LINT,
 	GENERIC or NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
 
-	More details to follow.  A better howto would be warmly
-	accepted by the author of UPDATING.
-
 20000522:
 	A new set of binutils went into the tree today.  Anybody
 	building a kernel after this point is advised that they need