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author | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-26 05:54:02 +0000 |
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committer | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-06-26 05:54:02 +0000 |
commit | ceecbe9d5e9f6710e3bb7396529fce457402dfd8 (patch) | |
tree | f790125888437dfad35c2313a06b6c7d170dce07 /UPDATING | |
parent | 9bccae4f2e267ca62056b16d55b797317a3060a6 (diff) | |
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Add warning about /dev/random disconnecting entropy for a few days while
the code is reworked.
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
-rw-r--r-- | UPDATING | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -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 |