Add warning about /dev/random disconnecting entropy for a few days while

the code is reworked.
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Warner Losh 2000-06-26 05:54:02 +00:00
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@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ directly to him. See end of file for further details. For commonly
done items, please see the end of the file. Search for 'COMMON
ITEMS:'
20000624:
Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
/dev/zero, et al. This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD for cryptographic services
until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
date to the completion of the work.
20000622:
The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
BSD license. You may need to remove your symbolic links
@ -39,9 +48,6 @@ ITEMS:'
of the config file has changed as well. Please see LINT,
GENERIC or NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
More details to follow. A better howto would be warmly
accepted by the author of UPDATING.
20000522:
A new set of binutils went into the tree today. Anybody
building a kernel after this point is advised that they need