Re: getentropy(2) and random(4) at boot

2016-05-03 Thread Theo de Raadt
> The random(4) device on FreeBSD will block until the generator is > seeded [0], but not after, unless kern.random.sys.seeded is changed. > > Is this the case for getentropy(2) or random(4) on OpenBSD, and if > not, would it be a good idea to make it do so? > > [0] https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ma

getentropy(2) and random(4) at boot

2016-05-03 Thread Delan Azabani
The random(4) device on FreeBSD will block until the generator is seeded [0], but not after, unless kern.random.sys.seeded is changed. Is this the case for getentropy(2) or random(4) on OpenBSD, and if not, would it be a good idea to make it do so? [0] https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ra