** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/865499
Title: Please include virtio-rng in linux-image-*-virtual Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: This is more of a feature request than a bug. Please include the virtio-rng hw_random module in the -virtual kernel package along with the other virtio drivers. Virtual machines often do not have much of hardware randomness available. This can negatively affect performance of cryptographic operations (HTTPS/TLS handshakes, SSH connections, running GPG etc.) as well as simple things such as opening TCP connections. This virtio driver solves the problem with QEMU/KVM by providing randomness available in the host machine to the guests which have this driver loaded. This is then used to seed /dev/random. This module seems to be currently available in the -generic and -server packages (where it is not really needed). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/865499/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp