Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 22:19:43 +0100 From: phk@FreeBSD.ORG To: kientzle@acm.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can dhclient rely on /dev/random? Message-ID: <6360.1041110383@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 28 Dec 2002 12:00:51 PST." <3E0E02F3.6030205@acm.org>
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In message <3E0E02F3.6030205@acm.org>, Tim Kientzle writes: >I just noticed that dhclient's randomness package >uses, among other things, a variety of system >commands (ps, netstat, etc) to harvest entropy. >Unfortunately, dhclient is used in many situations >where these commands are not available: sysinstall >floppy, diskless client, /rescue, etc. > >The obvious fix would alter dhclient to rely only >on /dev/random for entropy. (It seems this code is >common to bind as well.) > >Policy Question: is a fast, high-quality >/dev/random a gauranteed feature starting with 5.0? yes. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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