On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 03:58:39PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is the same problem as in #310732. In other words, dropbear > depends on /dev/random having enough entropy, but not all systems have > enough entropy in there. This causes logins to hang. > > This is true especially for embedded systems where dropbear is likely > to be used due to its smaller memory footprint. Debian is now running > on many such systems (especially some of the architectures), so I > don't think it's fair to dismiss the bug by saying that /dev/random > can be expected to have enough entropy. > > I'm not sure what the solution would be though. Some ideas: > > - Run-time option to choose random device (/dev/random or > /dev/urandom). > - Run-time option to use PRNGD or EGD. > - Better documentation of this problem.
I can document this in the README.Debian, is that fine with you? Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
