On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:45:15 +0300 Paul Graphov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello guys, > > I've looked at FreeBSD 8.0 cryptographically secure pseudorandom > numbers generator and have a question. It looks like a bug but I'am > not sure. > > In file sys/dev/randomdev.c, function random_read: > > if (!random_systat.seeded) > error = (*random_systat.block)(flag); > > It blocks until PRNG is seeded. random_systat.seeded is initialized to 1 and it's never set to anything other than 1 I got impression that blocking was something that seemed like a good idea at the time, but fell-off half-way through coding. It's not a good idea to block /dev/random, without a separate urandom. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
