Michael Sierchio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> FreeBSD's implementation of /dev/random allows one to specify
> which interrupts stir the entropy pool. This, from the /etc/rc.conf
>
> and_irqs="4 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15"
>
> I haven't found anything similar on Linux, and would be grateful
> for suggestions. Most systems seem to think that keyboard, mouse,
> etc. are good sources of entropy, but certainly not at all hours
> of the day, and not for servers (which may not have keyboards, mice,
> sound cards, etc.).
What's the problem? If you don't have a keyboard, you don't have
to expect any keyboard interrupts, do you? So there's no need
to mask them out.
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