Re: ssh, /dev/urandom

[kilobug@freesurf.fr (Gaël Le Mignot)]

Neal a écrit : 

 >> > Your argument is absurd.  Network security considerations are different
 >> > than local system security considerations.  We have control over who can
 >> > have an account on our systems.  We don't necessarily have control over
 >> > who has access to our IP ports.
 >> 
 >> These are all excellent reasons to accurately describe the state of
 >> the system.
 >> 
 >> None of them are reasons to remove functionality.

 > Which is why your argument is absurd: no one is suggesting that any
 > software be *removed*.  The question is: do we `ln -s /bin/bash
 > /dev/random' by default.

No, we should use a random translator, which, at least, provide uniform
numbers, and differents number on successive reads.

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