Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:25:59 +0100 From: Ben Laurie <benl@freebsd.org> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r239569 - head/etc/rc.d Message-ID: <CAG5KPzyHkR_n8O38gqx8mLFykhur4BORWmG17BVpx9Hruktfig@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120914154617.39025ac0@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <50453686.9090100@FreeBSD.org> <20120911082309.GD72584@dragon.NUXI.org> <504F0687.7020309@FreeBSD.org> <201209121628.18088.jhb@freebsd.org> <5050F477.8060409@FreeBSD.org> <20120912213141.GI14077@x96.org> <20120913052431.GA15052@dragon.NUXI.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1209131258210.13080@ai.fobar.qr> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1209141336170.13080@ai.fobar.qr> <CAG5KPzyngKFNMoPKmfKg%2BQLkGPj0oMX8YYp0qQNHgKTSH4afHQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120914154617.39025ac0@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:46 PM, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:43:53 +0100 > Ben Laurie wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@freebsd.org> >> wrote: >> > 7) send all data to the kernel and hash (arch dependent?) it + >> > counter value into the buffer on overflow, as in b[n] = H(b[n] + c >> > + i[n]) in the kernel >> > (can control when buffer full and only then take action when >> > needed, indepedent on how seed data is chosen, uses standard >> > technology) >> >> IMO, this is the only good option. > > No it isn't. I means that the hashing is unconditional, so anyone that > needs a faster boot needs to patch the kernel. Has anyone measured the cost of doing this? Also, if you really want to turn it off, we could provide a flag. > It has no advantage > whatsoever over a minor change to initrandom. It absolutely has. It applies to all inputs to /dev/random, not just those that come from initrandom. Also, should something get to write to it before initrandom, initrandom's input would still be used.home | help
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