Re: [RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-20 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:35:52PM +0200, Heusden, Folkert van wrote: > So, I was wondering: isn't it a nice idea to have a switch in the > configuration menu to disable entropy-gathering in the interrupt-routines, > have some simplistic routine (like x'=(x * m + a) % p) which returns a non- >

Re: [RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-20 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:35:52PM +0200, Heusden, Folkert van wrote: So, I was wondering: isn't it a nice idea to have a switch in the configuration menu to disable entropy-gathering in the interrupt-routines, have some simplistic routine (like x'=(x * m + a) % p) which returns a non-

Re: [RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread sama
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:35:52PM +0200, Heusden, Folkert van wrote: > Hi, > > I have an idea: I have a couple of linux-systems running in a intranet which > is not connected to do outside world in any way. Since they're only used for > calculations for which there is no harm if anyone would

RE: [RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
AP> Do you think it worth an effort ? One could ask this question for all optimalisations. In fact; for every project. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: [RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread Andrey Panin
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[RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Hi, I have an idea: I have a couple of linux-systems running in a intranet which is not connected to do outside world in any way. Since they're only used for calculations for which there is no harm if anyone would tamper with them, security is not neccessary. The only thing important, is

[RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Hi, I have an idea: I have a couple of linux-systems running in a intranet which is not connected to do outside world in any way. Since they're only used for calculations for which there is no harm if anyone would tamper with them, security is not neccessary. The only thing important, is

Re: [RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread Andrey Panin
Do you think it worth an effort ? -- Andrey Panin| Embedded systems software engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED]| PGP key: http://www.orbita1.ru/~pazke/AndreyPanin.asc PGP signature

RE: [RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
AP Do you think it worth an effort ? One could ask this question for all optimalisations. In fact; for every project. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: [RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread sama
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:35:52PM +0200, Heusden, Folkert van wrote: Hi, I have an idea: I have a couple of linux-systems running in a intranet which is not connected to do outside world in any way. Since they're only used for calculations for which there is no harm if anyone would tamper