> Is it safe to generate some randomness in /tftpboot/etc/random.seed for > clients that PXE boot?
I do not even know if that file will be read... is it? > My concern is that this file will be available to everyone on the > network via TFTP. So does knowing this randomness help "predict" the > PRNG output of the clients that use it? It isn't worse. It won't hurt. > I read in a de Raadt interview earlier this year that there are other > sources mixed in at the boot loader state. So I'm guessing it shouldn't > hurt, but probably help. Some clarification on the subject from an > expert would be greatly appreciated. Yes, other things are mixed in as well.
