On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Clint Pachl <pa...@ecentryx.com> wrote: > Would it be possible to use what randomness the system does have to seed > some reader that pseudo-randomly reads arbitrary bits from the loaded kernel > image in RAM? > > This may differ per system, but doesn't uninitialized RAM start in an > "unknown state?" If so, could that be added to the entropy pool if it is > determined to be random (i.e. not initialized to zeros)?
I think we'd much rather just have a good random generator, than rely on one of uncertain quality. If the system really, really, really needs random numbers before entropy is available, then we should fix that problem, not try to magic up some entropy.
