From: linux-kernel@ton.iguana.be (Ton Hospel)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /dev/random entropy calcs - patch [not related to net devices]
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:53:07 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9m1nm3$2r7$1@post.home.lunix> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9547398.998437243@_169.254.198.40_>
In article <9547398.998437243@_169.254.198.40_>,
Alex Bligh - linux-kernel <linux-kernel@alex.org.uk> writes:
> 2. Anyone have any problem changing fs/proc/proc_misc.c to
> register /proc/interrupts to be 0600 instead of 0644 to help
> prevent entropy attacks that way?
Yes, i don't want to have to switch to root to read /proc/interrupts
because some people have gone utterly paranoid about an attack that's not
feasable if you reseed your randum numbers normally at boot.
next parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-23 1:53 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <9547398.998437243@_169.254.198.40_>
2001-08-23 1:53 ` Ton Hospel [this message]
2001-08-21 22:40 Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-08-21 22:54 ` David Schwartz
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