From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:53:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:53:09 -0400 Received: from relay.eqip.net ([195.206.66.146]:12709 "HELO mailgate.eqip.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:53:04 -0400 Path: Home.Lunix!not-for-mail Subject: Re: /dev/random entropy calcs - patch [not related to net devices] Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:53:07 +0000 (UTC) Organization: lunix confusion services In-Reply-To: <9547398.998437243@_169.254.198.40_> NNTP-Posting-Host: kali.eth MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: quasar.home.lunix 998531587 2919 10.253.0.3 (23 Aug 2001 01:53:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse-0@ton.iguana.be NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:53:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.0 Xref: Home.Lunix mail.linux.kernel:108082 X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.33 Message-Id: <9m1nm3$2r7$1@post.home.lunix> From: linux-kernel@ton.iguana.be (Ton Hospel) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: linux-kernel@ton.iguana.be (Ton Hospel) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <9547398.998437243@_169.254.198.40_>, Alex Bligh - linux-kernel 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.