Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times.

RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> writes:
> They key will therefore *accumulate* entropy across multiple reseeds.

Forgot to address this.  By definition, there can never be more entropy
in Yarrow than the key size.  So it *does* throw away entropy in the
sense that if it accumulated, say, 900 bits of entropy pre-boot (to pick
one of the numbers Pawel cited), 650 of them are wasted.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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