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RE: [PATCH] get_random_bytes returns the same on every boot

From: Eble, Dan <hidden>
Date: 2004-07-26 13:57:42
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Balint Marton wrote:
At boot time, get_random_bytes always returns the same 
random data, as if there were a constant random seed.
packet with always the same transaction ID. (If you have 
more than one computers, and they are booting at the
same time, then this is a big problem)
If many systems are booting at the same time, is seeding with the system
time really an appropriate solution?  Shouldn't some system-specific
value also contribute to the randomization?
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