Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 07:58:09 +0200 From: Udo Schweigert <ust@cert.siemens.de> To: Andrej Cernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, markm@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: entropy reseeding is totally broken Message-ID: <20001020075809.A20959@alaska.cert.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <20001020084845.A19580@nagual.pp.ru>; from ache@nagual.pp.ru on Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 08:48:46AM %2B0400 References: <20001020084845.A19580@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 08:48:46 +0400, Andrej Cernov wrote: > In very recent -current, my entropy file writted and readed sucessfully, > but I got the same fortune quote again and again right after reboot! > > It means that anything writted to /dev/random not reseed it but _reset_ it > to the same default state. > How do you shutdown your machine: a) reboot or halt b) shutdown -r now If a) the /entropy file is not updated and the existing one will be used at next reboot. Only when using shutdown the /etc/rc.shutdown file will be executed. That was a problem for me, as I often use "halt". Regards -- Udo Schweigert, Siemens AG | Voice : +49 89 636 42170 ZT IK 3, Siemens CERT | Fax : +49 89 636 41166 D-81730 Muenchen / Germany | email : ust@cert.siemens.de PGP-2/5 fingerprint | D8 A5 DF 34 EC 87 E8 C6 E2 26 C4 D0 EE 80 36 B2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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