[tor-bugs] #10676 [Tor]: Verify urandom-style RNG is seeded before generating ID keys

Wed Jul 30 16:34:41 UTC 2014

#10676: Verify urandom-style RNG is seeded before generating ID keys
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     Reporter:  nickm    |      Owner:
         Type:           |     Status:  needs_revision
  enhancement            |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
     Priority:  major    |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tor-server rng urandom startup
   Resolution:           |  026-triaged-1
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Comment (by nickm):

 Note that if Linux merges the proposed getrandom() patch  (
 http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/kernel/1407.3/00481.html ), then most
 of the point of this patch series would go away for newer kernels.

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