[task #5130] random translator

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[task #5130] random translator

Follow-up Comment #2, task #5130 (project hurd): My opinion is that the mashing should happen in user space, because user space may also want to provide other sources of entropy, which also needs mashing. ___ Reply to this item at:

[task #5130] random translator

Follow-up Comment #1, task #5130 (project hurd): I figure this is a good place to post. For anyone following IRC, I've been fighting to get a working entropy device in the kernel, and finally managed to get some entropy going (not much, but its only reading one source as of writing, I'll fix that

Re: task #5130 - random translator

Hello! On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 09:01:03PM +0100, Kenneth ?stby wrote: > I've finally gotten some time to do some reading and stuff + written my > first translator, > which is not all that random at first go, but I'm getting somewhere. Now, as > Mr. Braun said, > a random generator need kernel supp

Re: task #5130 - random translator

Kenneth Ψstby wrote: It seems like the correct way to go is to trap some sort of keyboard/network/interrupt. How is the right way to trap those ? AFAIK, the correct way to trap those things is to modify the Mach kernel. Now the next question, is there some documentation about the workings

Re: task #5130 - random translator

Soo, I've finally gotten some time to do some reading and stuff + written my first translator, which is not all that random at first go, but I'm getting somewhere. Now, as Mr. Braun said, a random generator need kernel support, and in that case I need some help / information. So here's a braindu

Re: task #5130 - random translator

Hello! Thanks for deciding to start working on this random translator task! On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 10:17:24AM +0100, Kenneth ?stby wrote: > On 1/17/07, Richard Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Be aware though that randomness cannot be truely achieved without some > >kernel support. > > I'll

[task #5130] random translator

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Re: task #5130 - random translator

On 1/17/07, Richard Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Be aware though that randomness cannot be truely achieved without some kernel support. I'll look through the code presented, and I read through the task once more. It says that there should exist a kernel patch which adds support for entrop

Re: task #5130 - random translator

On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 08:27:59PM +0100, Kenneth Østby wrote: > Hi gang, > > I'm going through the list of bugs/tasks of looking for some introductory > tasks to hack on , and > the random translator seemed like as good as place as any to start. > > Anyone currently working on it? If not I would

Re: task #5130 - random translator

Hello Kenneth, On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 08:27:59PM +0100, Kenneth Østby wrote: > I'm going through the list of bugs/tasks of looking for some > introductory tasks to hack on , and the random translator seemed like > as good as place as any to start. good to hear :-) > Anyone currently working on

task #5130 - random translator

Hi gang, I'm going through the list of bugs/tasks of looking for some introductory tasks to hack on , and the random translator seemed like as good as place as any to start. Anyone currently working on it? If not I would like to hack on it :) Kenneth Østby, New in the hurd.