Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:39:15 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 260709] arc4random() non-randomness Message-ID: <bug-260709-227-PQu8uGg4UC@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-260709-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260709 --- Comment #4 from wbe@psr.com --- Created attachment 231096 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=231096&action=edit suggested patch for /usr/local/etc/periodic/security/410.pkg-audit Well, foo. It looks like I misunderstood how "periodic" works. I had thought the sleep call inside /etc/periodic.conf's shell procedure anticongestion {...} was called every day. A search with grep revealed that's not so. In particular, on the system in question, anticongestion() would only be invoked every second (usually) or third (occasionally) day. So, that explains the roughly 50% "no sleep delay" results. This bug report may be resolved as: not a bug (reporter misunderstood how things work). There is a change to /usr/local/etc/periodic/security/410.pkg-audit you may wish to consider. I've included that as an attachment. -WBE -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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