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Re: regarding the changes to kernel entropy gathering



> What NetBSD-current is telling you on your Xen system, on a CPU
> predating RDRAND/RDSEED, is the unfortunate truth that there is no
> reliable source of entropy available in your system --

Not quite.  That there is nothing which NetBSD, independent of the
sysadmin, is confident is a reliable source of entropy.

It's entirely possible one or more of those sources actually does
supply usable entropy, but NetBSD doesn't realize that (and, as I
understand it, provides no way for the sysadmin to fix that, short of
hacking on the source).

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