[cryptography] Which programs need good random values when a system first boots?

Greetings again. The recent discussion seems to have veered towards having enough good random bits to create long-lived keys the first time that a system boots up. Which programs need this? sshd is at the top of the list; are there others? --Paul Hoffman

[cryptography] Fwd: Which programs need good random values when a system first boots?

​(sorry, I'll try sending to the list this time... gmail seems to default reply to the individual)​ ​ On 20 October 2013 16:25, Paul Hoffman paul.hoff...@vpnc.org wrote: Greetings again. The recent discussion seems to have veered towards having enough good random bits to create long-lived

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