Package: amule Version: 99:2.1.0-1+bas Severity: normal Amule is depleting the random pool. It seems the random number generator of libcrypto++ reads lots of bytes from /dev/urandom. I can't say that I understand how the donkey protocol works, but I doubt that's there any need for real strong encryption, and so rand() should do fine for random numbers.
This patch replaces calls to /dev/urandom by a simple rand() calls. I've been running it for a day now: amule seems fine, and my entropy pool stays rather full. The only disadvantage, though, is that you'll need to use the static version of libcrypto++ that's included with amule. Another solution, that's probably a bit cleaner, would be use some other random number generator (like X917RNG or so) instead of CryptoPP::AutoSeededRandomPool in ClientCreditsList.cpp. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.3 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages amule depends on: ii amule-common 99:2.1.0-1+bas common files for aMule ii libc6 2.3.5-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcrypto++5.2c2 5.2.1c2-8 General purpose cryptographic shar ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-7 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-7 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libwxgtk2.6-0 2.6.1.2 wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime Versions of packages amule recommends: ii amule-daemon 99:2.1.0-1+bas aMule daemon ii amule-utils 99:2.1.0-1+bas utilities for amule -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
