entropy question

[kwall@kurtwerks.com]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 08:24:51AM -0500, Douglas J Hunley wrote:
> 
> 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?

Beatshellouttame.

K
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