Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:42:29 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <200007161942.VAA04096@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <20000716152631.G51462@jade.chc-chimes.com> ; from Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> "Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:26:31 -0400." References: <20000716152631.G51462@jade.chc-chimes.com>
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> On Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 08:26:44PM +0200, Mark Murray wrote: > > > Gotcha - fix coming; I need to stash some randomness at shutdown time, and > > use that to reseed the RNG at reboot time. > > ... and for installations where ssh-keygen is run the first time > the system boots? The situation is _worse_; the entropy is minimal, and is _very_ attackable. 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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