Messages in this thread | | | From | Stephan Müller <> | Subject | Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use | Date | Sun, 18 Jun 2017 10:04:58 +0200 |
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Am Samstag, 17. Juni 2017, 05:45:57 CEST schrieb Lee Duncan:
Hi Lee,
> In your testing, how long might a process have to wait? Are we talking > seconds? Longer? What about timeouts? >
In current kernels (starting with 4.8) this timeout should clear within a few seconds after boot.
In older kernels (pre 4.8), my KVM takes up to 90 seconds to reach that seeding point. I have heard that on IBM System Z this trigger point requires minutes to be reached.
Ciao Stephan
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