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drduh / macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

Guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS
https://drduh.github.io/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide/
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FileVault #5

Closed operator2010 closed 9 years ago

operator2010 commented 9 years ago

Protip: Use your Mac a little before turning on the fileVault encription. Install Programms, Setup First and click around to make your system Generated Random key stronger.

drduh commented 9 years ago

Hi, @operator2010

That's an interesting suggestion. Certainly the security of Filevault 2 greatly depends on the security of the pseudo random number generator and entropy it provides. Are you suggesting "using your Mac a little" adds additional entropy to the system?

At least, it's worth having a (sub)section about random number generation. I find some discussion in https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/42952/how-can-i-measure-and-increase-entropy-on-mac-os-x

drduh commented 9 years ago

I made a mention of this under the Filevault section. Please let me know if you would like to add more information.