[HN Gopher] Problems emerge for a unified /dev/*random ___________________________________________________________________ Problems emerge for a unified /dev/*random Author : bitcharmer Score : 30 points Date : 2022-03-29 22:04 UTC (55 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (lwn.net) (TXT) w3m dump (lwn.net) | jwilk wrote: | Unification discussed on HN: | | 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? | | 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 ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-03-29 23:00 UTC)