Hi, Quoting Russ Allbery (2014-07-16 22:17:23) > Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> writes: > > On Wed, 2014-07-16 at 12:47 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> It would be nice to have a reliable kernel interface for getting > >> randomness rather than relying on proper chroot configuration. > > There is such an interface. It happens to be a char device. Expecting > > administrators to create /dev/urandom in a chroot is no more unreasonable > > than expecting them to create /dev/null or /dev/zero. > I'm not a big fan of that either. :) Also, I think it's relatively rare for > a library to require those devices exist for secure behavior, although > perhaps I'm just not knowledgable in this area.
maybe this will help in the future: http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2014/07/17/235 cheers, josch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140718120306.31130.41027@hoothoot
