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In ansible community, I found a term called: Entropy Pool. You can think about [[blockchain]] being a kind of [[entropy pool]]. One can also think of [[knowledge container]]s or [[history script]]s as [[entropy pool]]s. | In ansible community, I found a term called: Entropy Pool. You can think about [[blockchain]] being a kind of [[entropy pool]]. One can also think of [[knowledge container]]s or [[history script]]s as [[entropy pool]]s. | ||
Entropy pool is considered to be a place to derive randomness for system security. Therefore, it is a kind of resource, and one may use different tools to get more or less of this resource<ref>https://hackaday.com/2017/11/02/what-is-entropy-and-how-do-i-get-more-of-it/</ref> | |||
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==Related Pages== | ==Related Pages== | ||
*[[Definition::Entropy Pool]] | *[[Definition::Entropy Pool]] | ||
*[[Definition::Resource]] | |||
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Revision as of 02:02, 16 August 2021
In ansible community, I found a term called: Entropy Pool. You can think about blockchain being a kind of entropy pool. One can also think of knowledge containers or history scripts as entropy pools.
Entropy pool is considered to be a place to derive randomness for system security. Therefore, it is a kind of resource, and one may use different tools to get more or less of this resource[1]