On 10/01/2013 04:42 PM, Dave Taht wrote: > + Proved it is possible to build an OS release on a "Narrowboat" > - but not test one without hacking at the 12v power supply off the solar > panel > + merge with openwrt head > + dnsmasq 2.67test17 > + ipv6subtrees now part of 3.10.12 > + htb adsl fixes also > + Simon kelly is starting to finalize dnsmasq 2.67 now that summer is over > > - still no fix for the sysupgrade bug > - Most of the get_cycles() and /dev/random keruffle has settled down > but I did not fold the latest patchset for that into this. The > discussion on PRNGs was very illuminating and worth reading.There were > multiple threads on this topic on lkml, this is one: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/9/10/188
Does this mean that we can get rid of running rngd the wrong way? [1] [1] Currently cerowrt runs rngd -r /dev/urandom, which is exactly what should not be done ,as it would essentially make /dev/random non-blocking like /dev/urandom and fool userspace into generating keys without enough entropy, etc.: https://lwn.net/Articles/525459/ Best regards, --Edwin _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
