Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:37:31 -0700 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: entropy reseeding is totally broken Message-ID: <200010251737.e9PHbWR08465@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <20001025145028.A81143@nagual.pp.ru> ; from =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> "Wed, 25 Oct 2000 14:50:29 %2B0400." References: <20001025145028.A81143@nagual.pp.ru>
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> 1) Reseed code is broken, in come case (as I describe) all reseeding data > is ignored, only its size is counted until it was as big as 16384. Mark > not fix it yet at this moment nor confirm he is able to reproduce this > bug. I'm trying to reproduce this formally. I'm looking for reasons, not any more hacks. > 2) Reseeding state may not preserve across the boot due to various reasons > like panic, etc. Since _time_ is ignored, all other data /etc/rc tries to > collect now can be non-random _easily_! > > Unless _time_ will be used, /dev/random is plain unusable for production > usage. Andrey, read the code; nanotime is all over the harvested entropy. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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