Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: crypted swapspace? | Date | 14 Dec 1999 20:14:57 -0800 |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.991214144130.13635B-100000@idoru.mine.nu> By author: Lucca <sdlucca@mindspring.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Also... grabbing a key from the entropy available at "first swap" isn't > necessarily a good idea. What if there isn't enough entropy? Go > unsecure? Worse, block until entropy replenishes... (as is normal for > /dev/random) yuck. >
That's easy enough... just preload /dev/random before you swapon.
-hpa -- <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot."
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