From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>,
Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>,
Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ELF: implement AT_RANDOM for future glibc use
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:25:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48E5BAC6.9070007@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081002225718.6a0d803a@infradead.org>
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 16 bytes (say 4 vectors) is easier than "variable number of" both on the
> kernel and on the glibc side, and nobody other than maybe Ulrich
> and Jakub wouldn't know what to answer to the KConfig question anyway.
As Roland already wrote, I consider 16 bytes sufficient. Everything
else will then be served via a PRNG which is seeded through the 16 bytes.
- --
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2008-10-03 0:16 ` [PATCH] ELF: implement AT_RANDOM for future glibc use Kees Cook
2008-10-03 0:43 ` Jakub Jelinek
2008-10-03 5:25 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-03 5:29 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-03 5:57 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-10-03 6:25 ` Ulrich Drepper [this message]
2008-10-03 14:50 ` [PATCH] ELF: implement AT_RANDOM for glibc PRNG seeding Kees Cook
2008-10-03 14:56 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-10-03 14:57 ` Jakub Jelinek
2008-10-03 17:33 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-03 17:41 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-10-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v5] " Kees Cook
2008-10-18 5:42 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-10-21 20:01 ` Andrew Morton
2008-10-21 20:22 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-10-27 5:46 ` Andrew Morton
2008-10-03 0:52 ` [PATCH] ELF: implement AT_RANDOM for future glibc use Roland McGrath
2008-10-03 5:15 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-03 20:22 ` Roland McGrath
2008-10-06 6:00 ` Andi Kleen
2008-10-06 17:50 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-06 18:25 ` David Wagner
2008-10-06 20:23 ` Andi Kleen
2008-10-06 22:16 ` David Wagner
2008-10-06 19:26 ` Andi Kleen
2008-10-06 22:01 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-06 23:19 ` Andi Kleen
2008-10-06 23:29 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-06 23:44 ` Andi Kleen
2008-10-06 22:07 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-06 23:28 ` Andi Kleen
2008-10-06 23:58 ` Roland McGrath
2008-10-07 0:08 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-10-07 0:31 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-07 0:57 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-10-07 1:44 ` Kees Cook
2008-10-07 1:51 ` Ulrich Drepper
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