Messages in this thread | | | From | "Johan Adolfsson" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] let Net Devices feed Entropy, updated (1/2) | Date | Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:34:48 +0200 |
| |
Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com> wrote: > I think you are just wrong - nobody really needs this patch. /dev/random > or /dev/urandom ar *both* anyway just complete overkill in terms of > practical security. /dev/urandom is in esp silly, since it is providing > a md5 hash implementation inside the kernel, which could be *compleatly* and > entierly done inside user land.
And I think you are wrong, this patch is needed. Keep up the good work Robert!
> You mean - there is no known algorithm with polynomial time > behaviour enabling us to calculate the next value of this function > from the previous ones - Not more nor less - no pysics and > entropy involved. If you assume this holds true it's mathematically > entierly sufficient that a single only seed value is not known.
Where would you get the single seed from in an embedded head less system if you don't have a hardware random generator, no disk and don't seed it from the network interrupts?
I think the patch makes sense - let people have the config option.
/Johan
- 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/
| |