Entropy and the NetBSD Kernel

Re:Entropy and the NetBSD Kernel by flatiron on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:42PM (#23213170)

I think now a days “reboots” are a thing of the past. All of my instances scale up and scale down and have a max life of 30 days before they are rebuilt on a patched AMI. I think most stuff is done like that and not real metal boxes anymore.

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Re:Entropy and the NetBSD Kernel by toast0 on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:41PM (#23213623)

If you're running in a VM, you are at the mercy of the host, so you may as well ask the host for a random seed. Use other factors if you can, but those are all controllable by a sufficiently determined host.

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Re:Entropy and the NetBSD Kernel by washbear on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @08:31AM (#23246099)

what do you mean computing life exists outside of containers that exist in a magical void

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