Re: user-mode port 0.56-2.4.18-15

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 17:17:16 EST

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Hi!

> > Why don't you just feed your /dev/random from hosts /dev/random?
>
> That would open up DOS attacks on the host. A nasty person inside a UML
> could drain the host's /dev/random and hang anything on the host that needs
> random numbers.

Okay, make it /dev/urandom ;-).

Pavel

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