On 27 July 2011 18:28, Per Jessen
It sounds like an idea worth exploring. One thing I've been wondering about (whilst reading this thread) - in which kind of environment does the problem occur? (assuming problem = low entropy, high demand)
https://features.opensuse.org/306591 "Headless and diskless servers with limited input have relied on entropy added by interrupts flagged with IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM. However, this feature will be disappearing from the Kernel soon." Then mentioned video, audio & egd (Entropy Gathering Daemon), which seemed all to have drawbacks. haveged wasn't mentioned or turn up when I looked for something better. Talk about TPM kernel modules rather killed my interest, as impractical for me; I didn't want to be stranded in "No Man's Land" between those who wanted best possible cryptographic security and those who "just want it to work" with less stringent requirements with each side objecting to suggested solutions for the other requirements. The basic problem is caused by profligate consumption of entropy from /dev/random, by things that could be fine with /dev/urandom, lack of user interaction, moving mouse & typing adds entropy, lack of other interrupts on hardware in question. I found entropy was consumed, running rsync over ssh for example. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org