Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:11:41 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] OpenBSD Networking-related randomization port |
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* Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro <lorenzo@gnu.org> wrote:
> > At least the three clause BSD license is GPL compatible. > > Yes, AFAIK :) > > I will try to follow Arjan's recommendations on using his functions > instead of obsd ones, even if I think it should be alone in the > current file. Also I will split up the patch.
could you please also react to this feedback:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=110698371131630&w=2
to quote a couple of key points from that very detailed security analysis:
" I'm not sure how the OpenBSD code is better in any way. (Notice that it uses the same "half_md4_transform" as Linux; you just added another copy.) Is there a design note on how the design was chosen? "
that mail also includes a much smaller patch to random.c.
( Obviously the more fundamental questions have to be solved prior solving code-level problems, patch splitup and patch ordering - often one ends up having a much smaller patch to work with, by thinking more about the fundamentals. )
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