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| From | Lee Duncan <lduncan@suse.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use |
| Date | 2017-06-17 00:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tT7rz-5Uk-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tPqM9-3tE-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <tPqM9-3tE-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <tPVGi-6Kh-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <tQ4zT-48O-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | SUSE |
On 06/08/2017 05:09 AM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:43 AM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote: >> What was the testing that was done for commit? It looks safe, but I'm >> unfamiliar enough with how the iSCSI authentication works that I'd >> prefer getting an ack'ed by from the iSCSI maintainers or >> alternativel, information about how to kick off some kind of automated >> test suite ala xfstests for file systems. > > Only very basic testing from my end. > > I'm thus adding the iSCSI list to see if they'll have a look (patch reattached). > > Jason > It seems like what you are doing is basically "good", i.e. if there is not enough random data, don't use it. But what happens in that case? The authentication fails? How does the user know to wait and try again? -- Lee Duncan SUSE Labs
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Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-06-08 04:50 +0200
Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-08 14:20 +0200
Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use Lee Duncan <lduncan@suse.com> - 2017-06-17 00:00 +0200
Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-17 02:50 +0200
Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use Lee Duncan <lduncan@suse.com> - 2017-06-17 05:50 +0200
Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2017-06-17 16:30 +0200
Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use Paul Koning <paulkoning@comcast.net> - 2017-06-17 21:00 +0200
Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iscsi: ensure RNG is seeded before use Stephan Müller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2017-06-18 10:10 +0200
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