On Linux, there is the i810_rng driver that can gather entropy from some Intel chipset hardware random number generator. Debian have a package to use this driver as feed for the kernel entropy pool.
My 0.02$ On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 07:03:31PM +0100, Patrick Welche wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 11:14:47AM +1000, Stewart wrote: > > Thanks for your reply Patrick (all 8 of them :) but i was hoping > > there'd be a fix that didn't involve compiling.. this is a production > > server installed from a debian pkg so compilation isn't really an > > option at this stage.. > > Last time I ran out of entropy, I had to log in and do a > ls -R / > to get the password prompt :-) I believe moving the mouse might also > work, but as said box has no keyboard/mouse/monitor, and as collection > from network packet timestamps is now deemed unsafe as the network > traffic may be styled by an attacker(!) the number of sources of > entropy are sadly low - time of disk access when most data remains > in NetBSD's Unified Buffer Cache (that's why the ls worked)? So, I went > for the recompile... > Maybe you have a Debian bell/whistle for this instead? > > Good luck, > > Patrick -- Etienne Goyer Linux Québec Technologies Inc. http://www.LinuxQuebec.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]