Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 18:39:59 +0100 From: Mark R V Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: sbruno@freebsd.org Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: random(4) update causes mips compile fail | mips boot fail Message-ID: <24DB010A-F374-491B-9203-FDDD7EA14A51@grondar.org> In-Reply-To: <1378572186.1588.5.camel@localhost> References: <1378572186.1588.5.camel@localhost>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 7 Sep 2013, at 17:43, Sean Bruno <sean_bruno@yahoo.com> wrote: > trying to enable random on my DIR-825 kernconf I get this on boot: > > Configuration file: /etc/cfg/hostapd.wlan0.conf > Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:00:88:88:22:22 and ssid "TESTBRUNO" > Entropy device is blocking Please make a change to sys/dev/random/randomdev_soft.c; Around line 82, please change from ".seeded = 0" to ".seeded = 1". If that works, then your report above with the "Entropy device is blocking." is trying to read random numbers before /dev/random is secure; this is a BAD security problem. M -- Mark R V Murray Entropy device is blocking [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQCVAwUBUitk7958vKOKE6LNAQpkSAP/bwDXZ9BMRgECR2jCnN0vjxkckErVZe24 q6ZkgjzIqtM9f6XGJ4Rl/M4fK/raNQ/U+L9MrKYqWEKZ9N01G/h96u07yojST5DD 4ivAqgUEnEq7Zlakd63Ht3K+EroW4XPzLNLjm3kMslEHekHF/mq+MAzCwodmRylk /3oyzTgYDOU= =wI6G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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