>>>>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Russ> Sam, do you know what parts of kadmind use the random number
    Russ> generator?  Is it sufficient for security to seed the random
    Russ> number generator before the first client connection is
    Russ> handled, or does it have to be done before kadm5_init, RPC
    Russ> service creation, fiddling with the kdb keytab, and so
    Russ> forth?  I'm looking at the implications of the following
    Russ> patch, which builds and passes the test suite.


I think that you really just want to seed the rng before generating
the first long-term key, so before the first client connection should
be fine.

--Sam



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