Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [PATCH] get_random_bytes returns the same on every boot | Date | Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:57:10 -0400 | From | "Eble, Dan" <> |
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Balint Marton wrote: > At boot time, get_random_bytes always returns the same > random data, as if there were a constant random seed. > packet with always the same transaction ID. (If you have > more than one computers, and they are booting at the > same time, then this is a big problem)
If many systems are booting at the same time, is seeding with the system time really an appropriate solution? Shouldn't some system-specific value also contribute to the randomization? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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