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| author | dougb <dougb@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-01-14 07:18:31 +0000 |
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| committer | dougb <dougb@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-01-14 07:18:31 +0000 |
| commit | 3bbfa62b632ebcb309e75f8212f4e3b53797cadf (patch) | |
| tree | 9ecc11560468f3c002fda7f43b66439a52c6bb8a /etc/defaults | |
| parent | 41bf790205da9df94e6c6fe700cefca81250363d (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-3bbfa62b632ebcb309e75f8212f4e3b53797cadf.zip FreeBSD-src-3bbfa62b632ebcb309e75f8212f4e3b53797cadf.tar.gz | |
Move the process of storing entropy from /dev/random and reseeding with
it at boot time closer to the way we want it to be in the final version.
* Move the default directory to /var/db/entropy
* Run the entropy saving cron job every 11 minutes. This seems
to be a better default, although still bikeshed material.
* Feed /dev/random some cheesy "entropy" from various commands
and files before the disks are mounted. This gives /dev/random
a better chance of running without blocking early.
* Move the reseeding with previously stored entropy to the point
immediately after the disks are mounted.
* Make the harvesting script a little safer in regards to the
possibility of accidentally overwriting something other
than a regular file.
Diffstat (limited to 'etc/defaults')
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/defaults/rc.conf | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf index 7e3d276..79d52ce 100644 --- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf +++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ start_vinum="" # set to YES to start vinum unaligned_print="YES" # print unaligned access warnings on the alpha (or NO). entropy_file="/entropy" # Set to NO to disable caching entropy through reboots. # /var/db/entropy is preferred if / is not available. -entropy_dir="/.entropy" # Set to NO to disable caching entropy via cron. +entropy_dir="/var/db/entropy" # Set to NO to disable caching entropy via cron. entropy_save_sz="2048" # Size of the entropy cache files. entropy_save_num="8" # Number of entropy cache files to save. |
