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SubjectRe: [PATCH] OpenBSD Networking-related randomization port

* 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. )

Ingo
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