On 11/11/2016 06:35 PM, Laurent Georget wrote:
>
>
> Le 11/11/2016 à 18:02, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos a écrit :
>> On Fri, 2016-11-11 at 13:08 +0100, Laurent Georget wrote:
>>
>>> +.I /dev/urandom
>>> +T} T{
>>> +Cryptographically-secure Random Number Generator (CRNG) output
>>> +T} T{
>>> +Does not block once the CRNG is ready
>>> +T} T{
>>> +Returns output from uninitialized CRNG (possibly low entropy and not
>>> suitable for cryptography)
>>
>> I'd make that specific, and mention early boot explicitly, otherwise it
>> implies that this always returns from an uninitialized CRNG. This is a
>> limitation that applies only for applications started on early boot;
>> for the majority of applications this is not applicable.
>
> The title of the last column is "Behavior in early boot time". We can
> rephrase the content as "Even if the CRNG is not ready yet, returns
> output from it anyway (possibly low entropy and not suitable for
> cryptography)". Does that sound better?
I think the existing text was okay.
> I got the third column wrong by the way, please read "Never blocks".
Noted!
Cheers,
Michael
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