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| From | Richard Lucassen <spamtrap@xaq.nl> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.security |
| Subject | Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update |
| Date | 2018-05-04 10:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <vLE6B-58k-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <vKHgf-5Qb-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <vL92N-d1-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <vLaBz-1fM-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <vLipr-74q-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <vLykx-19d-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | XAQ Systems |
On Fri, 4 May 2018 10:06:58 +0800 Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote: > > One of the consequences is that openntpd (or a program like > > rdate) hangs until the crng is initialized. > > What do these two programs require entropy for? That's the question. The only thing I saw that these two programs normally send 123/UDP packets to query the configured timeservers, but apparently these packets are blocked until crng is initialized. At least "rdate" uses "getrandom", that's what you see rdate is waiting for when you "strace -p <pid rdate>" -- ___________________________________________________________________ It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak aloud and remove all doubt. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Richard Lucassen, Utrecht | +------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li> - 2018-05-03 01:10 +0200
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update Ben Hutchings <benh@debian.org> - 2018-05-03 02:50 +0200
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update richard lucassen <mailinglists@lucassen.org> - 2018-05-03 11:10 +0200
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update Konstantin Khomoutov <kostix@bswap.ru> - 2018-05-03 12:00 +0200
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2018-05-04 04:10 +0200
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update Richard Lucassen <spamtrap@xaq.nl> - 2018-05-04 10:20 +0200
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update Davide Prina <davide.prina@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 21:30 +0200
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2018-05-05 16:00 +0200
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