On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 12:21:14AM +0200, Wolfgang Schweer wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:47:37AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> > The module do not seem to do a great job in Buster, at least.
> [..]
> > With the jitterentropy_rng kernel module, entropy still drain out.
> > This was
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:47:37AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> The module do not seem to do a great job in Buster, at least.
[..]
> With the jitterentropy_rng kernel module, entropy still drain out.
> This was without typing on the keyboard and not moving the mouse.
After reading the
[Wolfgang Schweer]
> 5.6.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.6.14-1 (2020-05-23) GNU/Linux (unstable):
> enabled as a module (jitterentropy_rng).
>
> Unchanged at least since Buster (4.19.x).
Right. The module do not seem to do a great job in Buster, at least. I
tried with and without haveged active,
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 08:44:55AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Wolfgang Schweer]
> > Maybe this one::
> > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/crypto/jitterentropy.c
>
> Perhaps. I notice it has been around since 2015, and was updated in
> 2019 with adjusted algoritms. Is it
[Wolfgang Schweer]
> Maybe this one::
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/crypto/jitterentropy.c
Perhaps. I notice it has been around since 2015, and was updated in
2019 with adjusted algoritms. Is it enabled and activated in the kernel
by default recently?
Note, the test done by
* Wolfgang Schweer [200528 18:56]:
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 01:25:25PM +, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 03:24:22PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > > The topic came up on IRC, and for me it is about removing bloat from
> > > ("default") installs.
>
> d-i still uses
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 10:17:37PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> I tried searching the web for information about the added entropy
> sources in the kernel, but came up short
Maybe this one::
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/crypto/jitterentropy.c
Wolfgang
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[Chris Hofstaedtler]
> your package currently Recommends: haveged. On modern kernels, so
> whatever will ship in bulleye, the kernel will provide enough entropy,
> so there should be no need for haveged, except in exceptional
> situations.
This sound very good indeed. Where can I read more about
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 01:25:25PM +, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 03:24:22PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > The topic came up on IRC, and for me it is about removing bloat from
> > ("default") installs.
d-i still uses haveged-udeb, see:
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 03:24:22PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> The topic came up on IRC, and for me it is about removing bloat from
> ("default") installs.
cool, thanks.
> I have also heard about concerns of the quality of haveged
> randomness, but personally did not investigate.
ack.
* Holger Levsen [200528 15:15]:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 01:06:49PM +, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > your package currently Recommends: haveged. On modern kernels, so
> > whatever will ship in bulleye, the kernel will provide enough entropy,
> > so there should be no need for
Hi,
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 01:06:49PM +, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> your package currently Recommends: haveged. On modern kernels, so
> whatever will ship in bulleye, the kernel will provide enough entropy,
> so there should be no need for haveged, except in exceptional
> situations.
>
>
Package: education-networked-common
Version: 2.11.18
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
your package currently Recommends: haveged. On modern kernels, so
whatever will ship in bulleye, the kernel will provide enough entropy,
so there should be no need for haveged, except in exceptional
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