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Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085)
From: |
Matthias Urlichs |
Subject: |
Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085) |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:21:16 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) |
Hi,
Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos:
> I don't understand these comments. The libgcrypt's generator can be
> used in a separate processes. It doesn't mean it gathers any entropy
> except for using /dev/urandom as usual.
>
Ah, thanks for the correction.
In that case, if it's "as usual", why run the daemon in the first place?
To clarify: I don't have an issue with gnutls eating randomness from the
pool. The randomness is there to be eaten.
However, reading 3000+ bits every time a server (or client) starts up
does seem a bit excessive. I seriously doubt that it needs that many.
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- Re: Bug#448775: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), (continued)
- Re: Bug#448775: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Werner Koch, 2008/01/08
- Re: Bug#448775: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Simon Josefsson, 2008/01/08
- Re: Bug#448775: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Werner Koch, 2008/01/08
- [patch] Re: Bug#448775: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Werner Koch, 2008/01/08
- Re: [patch] Re: Bug#448775: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Simon Josefsson, 2008/01/08
- Re: [patch] Re: Bug#448775: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Werner Koch, 2008/01/08
- Re: [patch] Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Andreas Metzler, 2008/01/20
- Re: [patch] Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Werner Koch, 2008/01/21
Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Matthias Urlichs, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085),
Matthias Urlichs <=
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Simon Josefsson, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Werner Koch, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Simon Josefsson, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Werner Koch, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Simon Josefsson, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Andreas Metzler, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Simon Josefsson, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Andreas Metzler, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Simon Josefsson, 2008/01/04
- Re: Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085), Marc Haber, 2008/01/04