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Re: [Full-disclosure] Ubuntu: reseed(8), random.org, and HTTP request Jul 06 2011 07:23AM
coderman (coderman gmail com)
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
> Ubuntu's reseed(8) can be used to seed the PRNG state of a host. The
> script is run when the package installed, and anytime su executes the
> script.

... someone thought this was a good idea.
[an entropy pool remotely bi...

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