getentropy*.c: "cannot call abort() because some systems have unsafe
corefiles"
arc4random.c: "if(_rs_allocate(...) == -1) abort();"
Am I missing any difference between the two cases?
(brain,cvsweb,google+gmane weren't any help)
> getentropy*.c: "cannot call abort() because some systems have unsafe
> corefiles"
> arc4random.c: "if(_rs_allocate(...) == -1) abort();"
>
> Am I missing any difference between the two cases?
> (brain,cvsweb,google+gmane weren't any help)
Policy.
getentropy() should eventually be a lower lev
> On 12/18/2014 12:14 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> >> getentropy*.c: "cannot call abort() because some systems have unsafe
> >> corefiles"
> >> arc4random.c: "if(_rs_allocate(...) == -1) abort();"
> >>
> >> Am I missing any difference between the two cases?
> >> (brain,cvsweb,google+gmane weren't any
ssert(), or the "default:"
>case in some switch statements where it's not supposed to happen, which
>is morally an assertion).
>
>
>In case I'm missing something really obvious, sorry again.
>
>
>
>From lory.fu...@infinito.it Thu Dec 18 15:19:07
> The comment says, AS A WHOLE:
>
> /*
> * Entropy collection via /dev/urandom and sysctl have failed.
> *
> * No other API exists for collecting entropy. See the large
> * comment block above.
> *
> * We have very few options:
>
> > The comment says, AS A WHOLE:
> >
> > /*
> > * Entropy collection via /dev/urandom and sysctl have failed.
> > *
> > * No other API exists for collecting entropy. See the large
> > * comment block above.
> > *
> > * We have very fe