Re: [bitfolk] Opinions on disabling time-based fsck

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On 02/10/11 12:36, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
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> entropy.lon.bitfolk.com [212.13.194.102] has been renumbered to
> 85.119.80.215. If you're making use of our free entropy service[1]


Maybe I'm easily impressed, but I'm impressed.

I suppose I should have a poke around the bitfolk wiki to see
what other gadgets and gee-gaws are available.


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Hello Dom,

On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 06:39:40PM +0200, bitfolk-users@??? wrote:
> On 02/10/11 12:36, Andy Smith wrote:
>> entropy.lon.bitfolk.com [212.13.194.102] has been renumbered to
>> 85.119.80.215. If you're making use of our free entropy service[1]
>
> Maybe I'm easily impressed, but I'm impressed.


:-) impressed by the paranoia / nerdiness?

People came to me with a problem. I found the Entropy Key; they are
about =A330 each. Instead of saying, "yeah just ln -sf /dev/urandom
/dev/random" like everyone else, I decided to have a play.

If you ask a cryptographer I suspect they will still say urandom is
good enough, but, well, the option is there now.

> I suppose I should have a poke around the bitfolk wiki to see
> what other gadgets and gee-gaws are available.


The usual problem with wikis: it's hard to organise it. :(

I must confess that the page was only created by me today based on
an announcement made over a year ago, before the wiki existed:

    http://lists.bitfolk.com/lurker/message/20100607.133631.59c94486.en.html


The need to renumber it forced its creation as otherwise