On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 11:35:37PM +0100, Stefan Fritsch wrote: >... > I don't see why it should take so > long for the random number generator to initialize. >...
On embedded systems without hwrng "10 minutes" or "2 hours" are real-life observations for the time it takes. Note that this became more problematic due to the CVE-2018-1108[1] fix (reverted in stretch, but in buster/unstable). cu Adrian [1] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1108 -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
