From: daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Entropy from net devices - keyboard & IDE just as 'bad' [was Re: [PATCH] let Net Devices feed Entropy, updated (1/2)]
Date: 21 Aug 2001 18:31:15 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9lu9dj$n5v$7@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <606175155.998387452@[169.254.45.213]> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108210042520.32719-100000@dlang.diginsite.com>
David Lang wrote:
>so as I see this discussion it goes something like this.
>
>1. the entropy pool is not large enough on headless machines.
>2. you don't want to use urandom as there are theoretical attacks against
>it
If that's the concern, then I'm glad to say that I have very reassuring
news for you. No attacks are known on /dev/urandom, not even theoretical
ones.
(And no attack is known on SHA-1, not even a theoretical one.)
(Don't confuse a remote risk that someone might discover a theoretical
attack on SHA-1 with knowledge that we already know of a theoretical
attack on SHA-1.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-21 18:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-16 4:36 [PATCH] Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy Robert Love
2001-08-16 4:40 ` [PATCH] 2.4.9-pre4: Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy (1/2) Robert Love
2001-08-16 4:42 ` [PATCH] 2.4.9-pre4: Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy (2/2) Robert Love
2001-08-16 4:43 ` [PATCH] 2.4.8-ac5: let Net Devices feed Entropy (1/2) Robert Love
2001-08-16 4:44 ` [PATCH] 2.4.8-ac5: let Net Devices feed Entropy (2/2) Robert Love
2001-08-16 8:50 ` [PATCH] Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy Francois Romieu
2001-08-16 14:50 ` Robert Love
2001-08-16 17:02 ` Francois Romieu
2001-08-16 19:28 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-16 20:19 ` D. Stimits
2001-08-17 0:47 ` Robert Love
2001-08-17 22:56 ` D. Stimits
2001-08-18 5:57 ` Robert Love
2001-08-18 17:44 ` [PATCH] let Net Devices feed Entropy, updated (1/2) Robert Love
2001-08-18 23:41 ` Oliver Xymoron
2001-08-19 0:38 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-19 3:33 ` Oliver Xymoron
2001-08-19 3:49 ` Robert Love
2001-08-21 7:17 ` Philipp Matthias Hahn
2001-08-19 18:46 ` Mike Castle
2001-08-19 3:12 ` Robert Love
2001-08-19 3:36 ` Oliver Xymoron
2001-08-19 3:41 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-19 3:57 ` Robert Love
2001-08-19 3:56 ` Robert Love
2001-08-19 14:43 ` lists
2001-08-19 21:34 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-19 22:08 ` Entropy from net devices - keyboard & IDE just as 'bad' [was Re: [PATCH] let Net Devices feed Entropy, updated (1/2)] Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-19 22:18 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-19 22:30 ` David Schwartz
2001-08-19 22:38 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-19 22:46 ` David Schwartz
2001-08-20 13:25 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-20 19:48 ` David Schwartz
2001-08-21 8:50 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-21 7:49 ` David Lang
2001-08-21 9:21 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-21 10:06 ` Entropy from net devices - keyboard & IDE just as 'bad' (better timing in random.c) Johan Adolfsson
2001-08-21 18:31 ` David Wagner [this message]
2001-08-21 21:53 ` Entropy from net devices - keyboard & IDE just as 'bad' [was Re: [PATCH] let Net Devices feed Entropy, updated (1/2)] Robert Love
2001-08-21 18:29 ` David Wagner
2001-08-21 21:50 ` Robert Love
2001-08-21 21:57 ` Robert Love
2001-08-19 17:08 ` [PATCH] let Net Devices feed Entropy, updated (1/2) Oliver Xymoron
2001-08-19 18:02 ` David Madore
2001-08-19 23:47 ` Oliver Xymoron
2001-08-19 21:19 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-19 22:24 ` David Ford
2001-08-20 10:02 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-08-20 10:34 ` Johan Adolfsson
2001-08-20 10:47 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-08-20 13:07 ` Johan Adolfsson
2001-08-20 13:57 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-20 14:25 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-08-21 1:11 ` Theodore Tso
2001-08-21 1:36 ` Richard Gooch
2001-08-21 9:43 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-08-21 9:59 ` Johan Adolfsson
2001-08-21 17:19 ` Richard Gooch
2001-08-21 18:33 ` David Wagner
2001-08-21 4:33 ` Robert Love
2001-08-20 16:15 ` Robert Love
2001-08-20 16:36 ` Robert Love
2001-08-22 6:10 ` Mike Touloumtzis
2001-08-22 6:26 ` Robert Love
2001-08-22 17:27 ` Mike Touloumtzis
2001-08-22 8:54 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-22 13:47 ` Chris Friesen
2001-08-19 20:58 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-19 22:19 ` Mike Castle
2001-08-19 22:29 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-20 2:26 ` Mike Castle
2001-08-20 23:08 ` Tom Rini
2001-08-17 0:47 ` [PATCH] Optionally let Net Devices feed Entropy Robert Love
2001-08-17 14:34 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-17 0:47 ` Robert Love
2001-08-17 9:05 ` Francois Romieu
2001-08-17 15:00 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
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