Bug#1013192: linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64: ridiculously small entropy pool
Bastian Blank dixit:
>The pool size for an RPNG is only the size of the state, nothing else.
Yes, and that is the problem. It was small before, it’s ridiculous now.
>might not have had any value before anyway. You just need to reseed on
>a regular interval.
Ugh. I recall reading something about this on LWN, but I thought I
had time until bookworm to invent something to deal with this…
bye,
//mirabilos
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