On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 10:16:57PM +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > Here is what I did: > > 1) Downgraded exim4, exim4-base, exim4-config and exim4-daemon-heavy to > the version from Sarge (4.50-8). > > 2) Waited for the gnutls-params file to reappear. > > 3) (in another ssh session) > while true; do cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail; sleep 0.2; > done > > 4) waited until the entropy pool refilled itself > > 5) used an external server to send an encrypted mail to me: > > 3368 > 3372 > 129 > 140 > 140
I can still reproduce this on current sid and have filed bug #448775 against libgnutls13. However, this does _not_ block exim, I was able to send ten more messages while entropy stayed firmly below 150. I suspect that current gnutls has some safety measure that makes it use lesser quality entropy after taking all of the good stuff. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
