> Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 16:16:12 -0000 (UTC) > From: mlel...@serpens.de (Michael van Elst) > > Previously we could trust in random processes, whether the entropy > estimation was scientific or not. We could also chose what source > to trust.
Still can. NetBSD just doesn't do bogus pseudoscientific prestidigitation any more. > Now we put all trust in loading a constant file. This is still false, just like it was the last time you made this claim. > >This hardware can reasonably block forever on first boot, due to > >the large number of sources of entropy that are no longer measured. > > Not "can". It does, definitely, always. > > And it never blocks on second boot. This is false. Please do your homework first, and then take this to a thread where it is on topic, not the thread about a choice of C API to adopt. For example, here's a thread where you had months of opportunity to raise your concerns, and where your misapprehensions could have been addressed without the sarcastic commentary: https://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2019/12/21/msg025876.html You're also welcome to ask me privately if you're unclear on anything specific about it, or you think there's a specific mistake (but please be specific, rather than just raising general FUD).
