[PATCH] getrandom: new applet

Bastian Bittorf bb at npl.de
Mon Jul 4 07:34:26 UTC 2016


* Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com> [04.07.2016 09:06]:
> cd /proc && cat cpuinfo meminfo stat interrupts diskstats slabinfo
> schedstat buddyinfo >/dev/random
> 
> in practice work quite satisfactorily for adding some entropy at boot time?
> If you don't think so, can you demonstrate a setup where the output is
> predictable?

setup 100 identical embedded boards with the same image end
you will end up with having at least 2 with the same private key.

we are doing this in our setup and after setup we compare all ssh-keys.
entropy is a bitch.

bye, bastian


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