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Re: getrandom and getentropy

To: Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: getrandom and getentropy
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 14:16:51 -0400

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:53:31AM +0300, Andreas Gustafsson wrote:
> 
> OpenBSD guarantees that there is an entropy seed from the boot loader,
> which is very different from NetBSD's "best effort".  Was this not
> already the case when the getentropy API was introduced?

I think you need quotes around "entropy" on that seed, there...

Thor

References:
- Re: getrandom and getentropy
  - From: Andreas Gustafsson
- Re: getrandom and getentropy
  - From: Taylor R Campbell
- Re: getrandom and getentropy
  - From: Andreas Gustafsson

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