* Fwd: Linux entropy
@ 2023-03-22 4:51 Traian Teodorescu
2023-03-25 23:03 ` Fwd: " Traian Teodorescu
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Traian Teodorescu @ 2023-03-22 4:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hello,
I've been redirected by the "friendly bot" to you (I've already looked
into "kernelnewbies" but I didn't find a linked topic). I would want to
know more about the subject below. Is there another possibility to read
the value of current entropy in new versions of kernel ? Are the old
services (as for instance haveged) still compatible ?
Thank you and have a nice evening,
Traian
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Linux entropy
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:03:36 +0100
From: Traian Teodorescu <traian.teodorescu@bluewin.ch>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Mr Kroah-Hartmann,
I've recently discovered that the value containing the machine's entropy
(in /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail ) isn't updated anymore on one
of my machines. I found some articles on the Internet about this change,
but nothing very "official".
There is also an explanation at
"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-5.15.y&id=e7e196e1ae2603a2c5f1894f1868a7a5b5a2c5e0"
about keeping forward secrecy, etc, that I didn't really understood.
I began using Linux since less than 10 years and I am not what you can
call an experienced user, but from my point of view this change doesn't
make sense. If I understand well some basic principles, Linux kernel is
the only one meant to be accessible to everybody wanting to understand
deeply how a modern OS works, so what's the gain in this "obfuscation"
? From my point of view, a sysadmin should know how much entropy they
have on their machines.
So, please, can you please make some comments about this change ? (of
eventually send me a link to an article that I can trust ?)
I really enjoyed Linux a lot those years and I learned to appreciate it,
so from this point of view I am grateful to the teams maintaining free
software, so ... thank you !
Thanks for an eventual answer and have a nice evening,
Traian
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* Fwd: Fwd: Linux entropy
2023-03-22 4:51 Fwd: Linux entropy Traian Teodorescu
@ 2023-03-25 23:03 ` Traian Teodorescu
2023-03-26 3:38 ` Bagas Sanjaya
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Traian Teodorescu @ 2023-03-25 23:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hello, can you please answer to my question below ? It's about the
"/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail" variable which doesn't show
anymore a credible value.
Thank you,
Traian
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Fwd: Linux entropy
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 05:51:10 +0100
From: Traian Teodorescu <traian.teodorescu@bluewin.ch>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Hello,
I've been redirected by the "friendly bot" to you (I've already looked
into "kernelnewbies" but I didn't find a linked topic). I would want to
know more about the subject below. Is there another possibility to read
the value of current entropy in new versions of kernel ? Are the old
services (as for instance haveged) still compatible ?
Thank you and have a nice evening,
Traian
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Linux entropy
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:03:36 +0100
From: Traian Teodorescu <traian.teodorescu@bluewin.ch>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Mr Kroah-Hartmann,
I've recently discovered that the value containing the machine's entropy
(in /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail ) isn't updated anymore on one
of my machines. I found some articles on the Internet about this change,
but nothing very "official".
There is also an explanation at
"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-5.15.y&id=e7e196e1ae2603a2c5f1894f1868a7a5b5a2c5e0"
about keeping forward secrecy, etc, that I didn't really understood.
I began using Linux since less than 10 years and I am not what you can
call an experienced user, but from my point of view this change doesn't
make sense. If I understand well some basic principles, Linux kernel is
the only one meant to be accessible to everybody wanting to understand
deeply how a modern OS works, so what's the gain in this "obfuscation"
? From my point of view, a sysadmin should know how much entropy they
have on their machines.
So, please, can you please make some comments about this change ? (of
eventually send me a link to an article that I can trust ?)
I really enjoyed Linux a lot those years and I learned to appreciate it,
so from this point of view I am grateful to the teams maintaining free
software, so ... thank you !
Thanks for an eventual answer and have a nice evening,
Traian
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Fwd: Fwd: Linux entropy
2023-03-25 23:03 ` Fwd: " Traian Teodorescu
@ 2023-03-26 3:38 ` Bagas Sanjaya
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Bagas Sanjaya @ 2023-03-26 3:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Traian Teodorescu, linux-kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Jason A. Donenfeld
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On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 12:03:52AM +0100, Traian Teodorescu wrote:
> Hello, can you please answer to my question below ? It's about the
> "/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail" variable which doesn't show anymore
> a credible value.
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