In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] write:
[XDM randomness]
/dev/random? /dev/urandom? You are kidding. This randmomness is used
to create authorisation cookies for X which in my understanding provide
ZERO security. Use plain libc rand() and the security is exactly the same.
In the
[Apologies to readers of debian-sparc, who have already received a copy of this]
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] write:
[XDM randomness]
/dev/random? /dev/urandom? You are kidding. This randmomness is used
to create authorisation cookies for X which in my understanding provide
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kusti writes:
I believe the /dev/mem gets read only in systems where no /dev/(u)random
exists.
Actually, the standard configuration is that /dev/mem is read. The
code to read from /dev/(u)random isn't activated in any situation in
the standard upstream X
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Branden writes:
I can't believe he actually intends to keep it like this..
I'm going to #define DEV_RANDOM /dev/random for Linux systems.
And Debian Hurd? Or does the Hurd not have /dev/random or /dev/urandom?
I suspect that /dev/urandom may be the better choice,
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write:
On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 12:14:35PM +0200, Wilmer van der Gaast wrote:
What's the best kernel for sun4m/sparc5 machines exactly? I'm told I
should be running 2.4, but I'm not quite sure about that anymore...
Heh, someone told you wrong. For sparc32, the
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write:
Hello,
I have installed Debian 2.2 on a Sun Enterprise 420R. Everything seems to =
be working alright except software RAID, which is working fine on our x86 =
machines. The patch itself installs cleanly as does the kernel build, it =
is just the 'fdisk'
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write:
Jonathan Amery wrote:
Right - I've just been talking to the linux-raid people about raid on
sparc (if you search for my name on their archive then it'll come up),
the conclusion being that:
a) raid in the stock 2.2.X kernels won't work on sparc
b
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write:
Ok,
I go for 2.2.20, but still can't
2) - get raid stuff work, at least with 2.2.20 kernel shipped with potato
Debian distrib (when I'll come to have stock 2.2.20 run , I may try :)
Right - I've just been talking to the linux-raid people about raid on
vermont.petrologic.co.uk
in which case machname is vermont.petrologic.co.uk)
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Jonathan Amery.
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