[ntp:questions] using ntpd to feed the system's random device

Folkert van Heusden folkert at vanheusden.com
Thu Sep 22 18:48:01 UTC 2005


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Hi,

On some systems, there's a kernel random-device. That device collects
entropy from numerous devices (like interrupts from disk i/o, keyboard
clicks intervals, etc.). Now as it seems that the drift and the offsets
can be pretty much random I was wondering it ntpd could be enhanced so
that it sends this data to the kernel random-device? It can be helpfull
for systems that, for example, hardly have any disk-i/o and such.


Folkert van Heusden

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