From: daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: user-mode port 0.56-2.4.18-15
Date: 10 Apr 2002 21:14:10 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a929v2$qg3$1@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020408012536.A329@toy.ucw.cz> <200204092316.SAA05188@ccure.karaya.com>
Jeff Dike wrote:
>pavel@suse.cz said:
>> Why don't you just feed your /dev/random from hosts /dev/random?
>
>That would open up DOS attacks on the host. A nasty person inside a UML
>could drain the host's /dev/random and hang anything on the host that needs
>random numbers.
Why not feed your /dev/random from the host's /dev/urandom?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-10 21:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-08 20:56 user-mode port 0.56-2.4.18-15 Jeff Dike
2002-04-08 1:25 ` Pavel Machek
2002-04-09 23:16 ` Jeff Dike
2002-04-09 22:17 ` Pavel Machek
2002-04-10 1:44 ` Jeff Dike
2002-04-10 3:53 ` [uml-user] " Andreas Dilger
2002-04-10 21:14 ` David Wagner [this message]
2002-04-08 20:02 ` Robert Love
2002-04-08 23:09 ` Jeff Dike
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