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- Lines: 9
- Date:
Mon Jun 19 13:25:06 2000
- Orig file:
v2.4.0-test1/linux/drivers/char/random.c
- Orig date:
Wed Apr 26 16:34:07 2000
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.4.0-test1/linux/drivers/char/random.c linux/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
* add_interrupt_randomness() uses the inter-interrupt timing as random
* inputs to the entropy pool. Note that not all interrupts are good
* sources of randomness! For example, the timer interrupts is not a
- * good choice, because the periodicity of the interrupts is to
+ * good choice, because the periodicity of the interrupts is too
* regular, and hence predictable to an attacker. Disk interrupts are
* a better measure, since the timing of the disk interrupts are more
* unpredictable.
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