Re: how to allocate a TCP port?
Hi Paul,
You may be interested in the "ekeyd" package, it already does a lot of
what you are proposing.
Cheers,
Roger
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Paul Elliott
<pelliott@blackpatchpanel.com> wrote:
>
>
> I am currently working on a way that computers
> with hardware random numbers generators can share
> random numbers with computers that do not have
> hardware random number generators.
>
> It looks like everything can be done with simple
> scripts so that no new low level source code needs to
> be written. All that seems to be needed is a xinet.d
> entry on the source, and a /etc/init.d/ entry and a bash
> script on the reciever.
>
> When I get it done and tested, I plan to submit it to the rng-tools
> people. Perhaps they will put it in contrib. Or perhaps I will make my
> own project.
>
> In any case, the sender and reciever need to share a privledged port.
>
> What is the official way of getting one of these allocated in
> /etc/services?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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> of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint
> security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways
> around it." Edward Snowden
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