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Date:      Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:36:10 -0800
From:      Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
To:        d@delphij.net
Cc:        "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: [PATCH RFC] Disable save-entropy in jails
Message-ID:  <278988C7-1749-413D-A5E2-ABE6753B3766@proper.com>
In-Reply-To: <52B9F232.1090002@delphij.net>
References:  <52B9F232.1090002@delphij.net>

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On Dec 24, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> wrote:

> I think we shouldn't save entropy inside jails, as the data is not =
going
> to be used by rc script (pjd@126744).  If there is no objections, I =
will
> commit this changeset on January 1, 2014.

Even if it is not used by an rc script, it might be used by some =
userland program (running as root, of course) that knows about the =
directory and wants some fresh entropy for its own use.

Is there a problem with saving the directory in jails? It certainly =
isn't taking up much space.

--Paul Hoffman=



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