Re: DakaRand

[Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists () tx rr com>]

--On August 20, 2012 8:32:59 AM -0700 Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists () tx rr com>
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> --On August 20, 2012 2:22:28 AM -0700 Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>
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> May I ask what FreeBSD's entropy sources are?
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> I'm surprised you don't already know.  From device noise.
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> Which class?  There are many sorts of said noise (most of which I
> believe actually work).

The long answer is look at /usr/src/sys/sys/random.h.

The short answer is:
/* Allow the sysadmin to select the broad category of
 * entropy types to harvest
 */
struct harvest_select {
        int ethernet;
        int point_to_point;
        int interrupt;
        int swi;
};

swi is software interrupt handlers.  interrupt is hardware interrupts (e.g. 
usb, pci, etc.)

*If* you install a hardware PRNG, FreeBSD will use that instead (by 
default).

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