Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:22:24 +0400 From: Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@haven.freebsd.dk>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.ORG>, Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/fortune fortune.c Message-ID: <20050725162224.GA93242@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <42E437AA.1050307@FreeBSD.org> References: <20050724135738.GM46538@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <64009.1122213962@phk.freebsd.dk> <20050724181912.GO46538@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <42E3DF1E.9040405@freebsd.org> <42E437AA.1050307@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 05:51:54PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > entropy_save_num="17" # Number of entropy cache files to save. > > And haven't seen any problems with repetitive fortunes in the last 2 days. Could you inspect old saved entries in setup when the bug is active? Are they the same across reboot? If no, it is dangerous too (probably bug in kernel random.c). As I read the code, even single _different_ byte will be enough to seed /dev/random to different values. -- http://ache.pp.ru/
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