8 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-auditRe: The ball starts rolling| From | Sent On | Attachments |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Moschuk | Nov 26, 1999 7:47 pm | |
| Warner Losh | Nov 26, 1999 7:49 pm | |
| Chris D. Faulhaber | Nov 26, 1999 7:59 pm | |
| Dan Moschuk | Nov 26, 1999 8:06 pm | |
| Dan Moschuk | Nov 26, 1999 8:13 pm | |
| Kris Kennaway | Nov 26, 1999 8:34 pm | |
| Kris Kennaway | Nov 26, 1999 8:34 pm | |
| Warner Losh | Nov 26, 1999 8:40 pm |
| Subject: | Re: The ball starts rolling | |
|---|---|---|
| From: | Dan Moschuk (da...@FreeBSD.ORG) | |
| Date: | Nov 26, 1999 8:06:51 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-audit | |
| : To get the ball rolling, I've put online my patch to randomize the order
which
| : PIDs follow. If all goes well, I expect to commit this sometime over the
| : weekend, followed by another commit the following week to replace the PRNG
| : with something a little better than random().
|
| What's wrong with the original cryptographically strong randomizer in
| OpenSBD?
Absolutely nothing. Last I checked, they used RC4, which is fairly fast and efficient for the kernel. However, I'm still debating whether or not it's actually _needed_. IMHO, OpenBSD takes somethings beyond the point of paranoid overkill, but in this secnario I don't think it would hurt either way.
*shrug*
-- Dan Moschuk (TFreak!da...@freebsd.org) "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda
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