Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 20:34:07 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: kernel: random device not loaded; using insecure entropy Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1510262026590.2233@localhost>
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Hi,
After a system upgrade of 10.2-STABLE I noticed the message above in my
dmesg that I didn't see before:
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FreeBSD 10.2-STABLE #0 r290003: Mon Oct 26 18:02:55 CET 2015
root@yokozuna.lan:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AKIRA amd64
FreeBSD clang version 3.4.1 (tags/RELEASE_34/dot1-final 208032) 20140512
VT(vga): resolution 640x480
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (2793.06-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin="GenuineIntel" Id=0xf34 Family=0xf Model=0x3 Stepping=4
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0x441d<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,CNXT-ID,xTPR>
AMD Features=0x20000800<SYSCALL,LM>
TSC: P-state invariant
real memory = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 4102107136 (3912 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400
ACPI APIC Table: <A M I OEMAPIC >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 2 package(s) x 1 core(s) x 2 HTT threads
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP/HT): APIC ID: 1
cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 6
cpu3 (AP/HT): APIC ID: 7
random device not loaded; using insecure entropy
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random: unblocking device.
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Starting syslogd.
Oct 26 20:09:48 yokozuna kernel: random device not loaded; using insecure entropy
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Does anyone know if my system is insecure now?
Regards,
Marco
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