Processed: Re: Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 489523 pidgin-otr Bug#489523: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random Bug reassigned from package `libgcrypt11' to `pidgin-otr'. tag 489523 pending Bug#489523: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random There were no

Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random

reassign 489523 pidgin-otr tag 489523 pending severity 489523 important thanks Re-reassigning, setting proper severity (after all it takes a particular crafting of things to break keygen, most users didn't complain!) and mark as pending, I'm gonna upload a package with attached patch from Ian!

Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random

tags 489523 help moreinfo thanks Hi I'm not sure this is an actual bug in pidgin-otr (nor libotr, for that matter). AFAICT (but I don't know the code that much), it uses libgcrypt's keygen procedures... I'm CC'ing OTR upstream to get some feedback there. Thanks Thibaut On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at

Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random

On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 01:13:55PM +0200, Thibaut VARENE wrote: tags 489523 help moreinfo thanks Hi I'm not sure this is an actual bug in pidgin-otr (nor libotr, for that matter). AFAICT (but I don't know the code that much), it uses libgcrypt's keygen procedures... I'm CC'ing OTR

Processed: Re: Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 489523 libgcrypt Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random Warning: Unknown package 'libgcrypt' Bug reassigned from package `pidgin-otr' to `libgcrypt'. tags 489523 - moreinfo help Bug#489523: pidgin-otr

Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random

reassign 489523 libgcrypt tags 489523 - moreinfo help thanks On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Ian Goldberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know. It's annoying. libgcrypt has no way I can see to specify the source of randomness for key generation (unlike every other use of random numbers). It

Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random

I'm not a pidgin-otr user (yet), but some random comments: What kind of key is generated here? If it is a long-term private key (RSA etc) then using /dev/random is likely the right thing. Generally, I agree that it would be useful to speed up the randomness process. Btw, consider doing

Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random

On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 03:15:45PM +0200, Thibaut VARENE wrote: reassign 489523 libgcrypt tags 489523 - moreinfo help thanks On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Ian Goldberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know. It's annoying. libgcrypt has no way I can see to specify the source of randomness

Bug#489523: pidgin-otr: key generation uses too much entropy from /dev/random

Package: pidgin-otr Version: 3.1.0-1 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software *** Please type your report below this line *** Steps to reproduce: 1) eat up all available entrophy: 1.1) dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null 1.2) assuming dd is your first job: kill -9 %1 2) Generate an