Add warning about /dev/random disconnecting entropy for a few days while
the code is reworked.
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Mark Murray just committed the first parts of a cleanup of
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/dev/zero, et al. This is also cleaning up /dev/random.
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The entropy is disconnected, so DO NOT USE VERSIONS OF FREEBSD
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-CURRENT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD for cryptographic services
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until Mark can merge in the fixes to this work in progress.
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openssh and openssl should not be used to generate keys from this
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date to the completion of the work.
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The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
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The license on the softupdates is now a standard 2 clause
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BSD license. You may need to remove your symbolic links
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BSD license. You may need to remove your symbolic links
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of the config file has changed as well. Please see LINT,
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of the config file has changed as well. Please see LINT,
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GENERIC or NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
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GENERIC or NEWCARD for examples of the new format.
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More details to follow. A better howto would be warmly
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accepted by the author of UPDATING.
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A new set of binutils went into the tree today. Anybody
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A new set of binutils went into the tree today. Anybody
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building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
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building a kernel after this point is advised that they need
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