* Branden Robinson:
I strenuously disagree with the upstream decision taken to point kdm
at /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random for entropy.
On Linux, there is not much difference between /dev/urandom and
/dev/random, except that reading from /dev/urandom usually doesn't
block.
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Package: kdebase
Version: 4:3.4.2-1
Severity: important
Tags: security
I strenuously disagree with the upstream decision taken to point kdm at
/dev/urandom instead of /dev/random for entropy.
Using /dev/urandom is fine for unserious application that need a source of
(pseudo-)random numbers, such
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