Salvador Fandiqo wrote:
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> On 12/23/2010 06:39 AM, Marsh Ray wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
This reminds me of something.

The last time I installed FreeBSD about 5 years ago, it asked me to 
pound on the keyboard for like 60 seconds during installation (or at 
first boot, can't remember) in order to build up some "randomness". I 
wonder what kind of entropy that provided?