Patch: Stop using /dev/random
Stephan Mueller
smueller at chronox.de
Thu Nov 17 07:13:47 CET 2016
Am Mittwoch, 16. November 2016, 14:43:29 CET schrieb Ian Goldberg:
Hi Ian,
>
> I'm curious what systemd is using the data read from /dev/urandom at
> boot time for, if it doesn't care whether there's any actual entropy in
> that data? Nothing security relevant, hopefully?
Please see [1] for the discussion and a complete listing. None of it is
cryptographically relevant.
[1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/2549702
Ciao
Stephan
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