entropy question

[Douglas J Hunley]

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I've noticed that a lot of distros now "seed" the random number generator at 
boot and save a seed on shutdown. I've also noticed a couple of distros have 
started increasing the size of the entropy pool. my question:
when saving a seed on shutdown, should you save a seed the same size as the 
entropy pool, or a smaller one? in other words, is it more secure to have say 
half of the entropy pool seeded at boot and the the other half generated, or 
should the whole pool be seeded on boot?
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