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From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	chaowang-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] ssh-client: add urandom seeding
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:58:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121011195823.GD2218@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50768041.8000803-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:16:01AM +0200, Harald Hoyer wrote:
> Hmm, wouldn't that mean, that the generator is seeded with the _same_ seed on
> every reboot?
> How is this different from booting with no seed at all?

Atleast it can help with kdump where we might regenerate the initramfs
upon user config change and capture the new seed.

Also kdump does not happen often on the machine. So I guess for once in 
a while operation it is still better to use random-seed then not using
anything at all.

Thanks
Vivek

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-10-11 19:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-11  8:07 [patch 0/2] two ssh-client module fixes dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
2012-10-11  8:07 ` [patch 1/2] ssh-client: remove ctty related check dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
2012-10-11  8:07 ` [patch 2/2] ssh-client: add urandom seeding dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
     [not found]   ` <20121011080918.972371593-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-11  8:16     ` Harald Hoyer
     [not found]       ` <50768041.8000803-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-11  8:25         ` Dave Young
     [not found]           ` <5076826D.2020201-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-11  8:27             ` Dave Young
2012-10-11 19:58         ` Vivek Goyal [this message]
     [not found]           ` <20121011195823.GD2218-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-12  4:44             ` Dave Young
     [not found]               ` <5077A035.30008-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-12 13:35                 ` Vivek Goyal
     [not found]                   ` <20121012133551.GA9490-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-13  2:11                     ` Dave Young

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