Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 May 2006 14:39:56 -0700 (PDT) | From | Jonathan Day <> | Subject | /dev/random on Linux |
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Hi,
For the three people who don't monitor the security websites, there are claims that Linux' random number generator has problems that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to compromise encryption algorithms, etc.
http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5RP0E0AIKK.html
(Just because something is claimed does not make it so, but it's usually worth checking.)
I know there have been patches around for ages to improve the entropy of the random number generator, but how active is work on this section of the code?
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