Re: systemctl restart sddm
On Wednesday, 25 July 2018 15:01:37 BST inkbottle wrote:
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> Also, introducing Haveged could lead to sensitive application using
> "questionable" entropy.
>
> <quote>
> HAVEGE is a random number generator that exploits the modifications of the
> internal CPU hardware states (caches, branch predictors, TLBs) as a source
> of uncertainty. During an initialization phase, the hardware clock cycle
> counter of the processor is used to gather part of this entropy: tens of
> thousands of unpredictable bits can be gathered per operating system call
> in average.
>
> https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/34523/is-it-appropriate-to-use-> haveged-as-a-source-of-entropy-on-virtual-machines </quote>
>
> That seems sound to me... But some security issues that have been found
> lately seem also so terribly remote.
But for completeness also review the haveged FAQ [1].
Andy.
[1] http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/faq.html
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