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Package: dropbear
Severity: normal
This is the same problem as in #310732. In other words, dropbear
depends on /dev/random having enough entropy, but not all systems have
enough entropy in there. This causes logins to hang.
This is true especially for embedded systems where dropbear is likely
to be used due to its smaller memory footprint. Debian is now running
on many such systems (especially some of the architectures), so I
don't think it's fair to dismiss the bug by saying that /dev/random
can be expected to have enough entropy.
I'm not sure what the solution would be though. Some ideas:
- Run-time option to choose random device (/dev/random or
/dev/urandom).
- Run-time option to use PRNGD or EGD.
- Better documentation of this problem.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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Source: dropbear
Source-Version: 0.48.1-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dropbear, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
dropbear_0.48.1-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/d/dropbear/dropbear_0.48.1-1.diff.gz
dropbear_0.48.1-1.dsc
to pool/main/d/dropbear/dropbear_0.48.1-1.dsc
dropbear_0.48.1-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/d/dropbear/dropbear_0.48.1-1_i386.deb
dropbear_0.48.1.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/dropbear/dropbear_0.48.1.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Gerrit Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated dropbear package)
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Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:16:40 +0000
Source: dropbear
Binary: dropbear
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.48.1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Gerrit Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Gerrit Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
dropbear - lightweight SSH2 server and client
Closes: 351882 355414
Changes:
dropbear (0.48.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* new upstream point release.
* Compile fix for scp
* debian/diff/dbclient.1.diff: new: document -R option to dbclient
accurately (thx Markus Schaber; closes: #351882).
* debian/dropbear.README.Debian: document a workaround for systems with
possibly blocking /dev/random device (closes: #355414)..
Files:
cbcfa94355bfb6edffa3594c2d03cc14 556 net optional dropbear_0.48.1-1.dsc
ca8e53a766faec831882831364568421 1473114 net optional
dropbear_0.48.1.orig.tar.gz
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384a1b16459788223110422786191b05 210848 net optional dropbear_0.48.1-1_i386.deb
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