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From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Security Advisory
 FreeBSD-SA-08:11.arc4random
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:08:59 +0200
Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net> mentioned:

> | By FreeBSD Security Advisories <security-advisories@freebsd.org>
> |                                          [ 2008-11-24 19:48 +0200 ]
> > III. Impact
> > 
> > All security-related kernel subsystems that rely on a quality random
> > number generator are subject to a wide range of possible attacks for the
> > 300 seconds after boot or until 64k of random data is consumed.  The list
> > includes:
> 
> I suppose this would affect the quality of SSH host keys generated at boot
> time by RC?
> 

Nope, userland is unaffected.

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Stanislav Sedov
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