From 446be042069233907fc20b56a90be607548b5819 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glen Barber Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:50:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document r338324, r338292: Yarrow removal from random(4) and PRNG reseeding activity fix. Submitted by: markm Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation --- .../htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml index 9a700cadd1..08c498df3e 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml @@ -422,12 +422,20 @@ to allow terminating large reads with ^C. + The &man.random.4; driver has been + updated to remove the Yarrow algorithm. The Fortuna algorithm + remains the default, and now only, available algorithm. + The &man.netdump.4; driver has been added, providing a facility through which kernel crash dumps can be transmitted to a remote host after a system panic. See &man.netdump.4; and &man.dumpon.8; for more information and configuration details. + + The &man.random.4; driver has been + updated to fix excessive activity during pseudo-random number + generation.