forwarded #448775 https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?106112 thanks
On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 09:53:30PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > When using > > swaks --to mh@<hostname> --tls --server <servername> > > with <servername> being a Debian sid box running exim4, this drops the > server's entropy pool from from 3585 to 149 (or similar numbers, or > course). This is way too much entropy usage. Please consider being a > little less wasteful on resources. This is now Upstream Bug #448775, https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?106112. For Debian purposes, I think that this behavior of GnuTLS can lead to DoS in other parts of the system, which might warrant this to be an important or even RC bug. I'll leave that to maintainer's discretion. 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]
