Casey Marshall wrote:
Getting a seed value does the following:
1. Try to read from the URL given in the security property
`securerandom.seed.'
2. If that property is not set, or is set to a malformed URL, try to
read from the URL given by the system property `java.security.egd.'
3. If neither property is set to a valid URL, or if reading that URL
fails, call `VMSecureRandom.generateSeed.'
The thing to do on most Unix systems is to point the
`securerandom.source' property to `file:/dev/random' or `file:/dev/
urandom.'
So there needs to be a NEWS entry for VM implementors that notifies
them they should set the "securerandom.seed" system property at VM
startup, right? If so please add one to your patch.
Thanks,
-Archie
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Archie Cobbs * CTO, Awarix * http://www.awarix.com
