[HN Gopher] Problems emerge for a unified /dev/*random
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       Problems emerge for a unified /dev/*random
        
       Author : bitcharmer
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2022-03-29 22:04 UTC (55 minutes ago)
        
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       | jwilk wrote:
       | Unification discussed on HN:
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30373351 (62 comments)
        
       | sfblah wrote:
       | Admittedly, this would assume the computer is connected to the
       | Internet, but is there not some theoretically reasonable way to
       | get entropy off the Internet? Maybe some server with a known
       | certificate that can return entropy from lava lamps or similar?
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       | I realize part of the issue here is kickstarting the process
       | right after boot. But is that the entire issue?
        
       | tinus_hn wrote:
       | Sounds like they need a way for userspace to state it accepts
       | that it is running on a system that doesn't have randomness
       | available. Unfortunately that requires a change to userspace.
        
         | dinosaurdynasty wrote:
         | getrandom(GRND_INSECURE) is this
        
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