On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Sandy Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > ... >> 5.: at shutdown of physical host entropy state is saved to FDE >> protected root volume for re-incorporation into entropy state on next >> start. > > It is not enough to just have this in shutdown scripts, because > that does not cover the case of a system crash or other > unplanned shutdown. Restarting a VM is another case.
excellent point! the stored entropy seed should be routinely written to, so that on event of unplanned crash or restart, a valid seed (not re-used) is available. thanks for the correction! best regards, _______________________________________________ RNG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.bitrot.info/mailman/listinfo/rng
