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Re: Changes to make /dev/*random better sooner



On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 12:25:32AM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
>
> Attached are the changes from the tls-earlyentropy branch, which tries
> to make the output of /dev/random less predictable -- particularly for
> an attacker outside the box -- earlier.

I have observed a buglet though I haven't pinned down the cause yet.
On one of my systems, rndctl -l -v consistently displays the new
"printf" source twice.

Anyone else see it?

Thor


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