From: daw@taverner.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: short read from /dev/urandom
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:55:19 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cs9837$qt$1@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: a36005b50501132254155a0d5a@mail.gmail.com
Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 05:56:41 +0000 (UTC), David Wagner
><daw@taverner.cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>> True. Arguably, the solution is to fix the documentation.
>
>The problem is that no-short-reads behavior has been documented for a
>long time and so programs might [become insecure]
>
>Not breaking the ABI is more important than symmetry.
Ok, I see your point. I'm persuaded. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-14 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-14 4:54 short read from /dev/urandom Ulrich Drepper
2005-01-14 5:56 ` David Wagner
2005-01-14 6:54 ` Ulrich Drepper
2005-01-14 19:55 ` David Wagner [this message]
2005-01-14 19:10 ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-01-14 21:04 ` Ulrich Drepper
2005-01-14 23:21 ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-01-15 2:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-01-16 2:51 ` Matt Mackall
2005-01-16 3:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-01-15 2:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-01-19 15:48 ` Pavel Machek
2005-01-16 2:44 ` Matt Mackall
2005-01-16 3:58 ` Ulrich Drepper
2005-01-16 4:58 ` Matt Mackall
2005-01-16 13:23 ` Andries Brouwer
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