On 12/23/2010 06:39 AM, Marsh Ray wrote:
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> On 12/22/2010 03:49 PM, Clint Pachl wrote:
>> Salvador Fandiqo wrote:
>>>
>>> Could a random seed be patched into the kernel image at installation
>>> time?
>>> Admittedly this is not entropy, this is a just secret key and anyone
>>> with access to the machine would be able to read it,
>
> How is it different than any other installation file then?

because it is accessible *before* any filesystem is mounted, from second 
0 of the boot process.

- Salva