<p dir="ltr">hi Bastian,</p>
<p dir="ltr">2015-02-19 8:58 GMT+01:00 Bastian Bittorf <<a href="mailto:bittorf@bluebottle.com">bittorf@bluebottle.com</a>>:<br>
><br>
> as far is i know, mac80211 (or ath9k?) add entropy to the kernel.<br>
> when a node starts up for the first time, we must wait till the<br>
> kernel has enough entropy for generating good ssh-keys.<br>
><br>
> is it a good idea to have some wifi-action for generating entropy?<br>
> (e.g. a wifi scan) before generating keys?<br>
><br>
> bye, bastian</p>
<p dir="ltr">the best thing to do would be to use getrandom() (linux 3.17 and up)<br>
it's blocking until the pnrg is properly seeded.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards<br>
Etienne</p>
<p dir="ltr">P.s: most of your emails end up in spam</p>
<div class="gmail_quot<blockquote class=" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">as far is i know, mac80211 (or ath9k?) add entropy to the kernel.<br>
when a node starts up for the first time, we must wait till the<br>
kernel has enough entropy for generating good ssh-keys.<br>
<br>
is it a good idea to have some wifi-action for generating entropy?<br>
(e.g. a wifi scan) before generating keys?<br>
<br>
bye, bastian<br>
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