On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 18:57:12 +0200 Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > OK. But how is it preserved across reboot ? Where does the kernel stores > > > it ? > > > > Shutdown process will store a new seed file > > ha OK, so it's preserved on shutdown(8), not reboot(2) > > which, basically. means that one should not use reboot, halt or poweroff > any more ... The seed file also gets rewritten immediately after being loaded during rc boot, so that an adversary that can trigger a power outage or reset cannot trivially force a seed to be reused. -Tobias
