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Re: [Xen-users] Major /dev/urandom (Security) issue?
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-users] Major /dev/urandom (Security) issue? |
| From: | Andy Smith <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:42:31 +0000 |
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Hi Ken, On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 07:08:47PM -0500, Ken Bass wrote: > I'm new to Xen. I'm using the Xen that comes with Centos 5.1 (which is > 3.1). When I read from /dev/urandom, the values NEVER change. My domU is > a Centos 5.1 instance. Below I run the simple command twice and get the > same numbers. If I run another domU I get the SAME numbers! > > -bash-3.1# od -tx4 -N 16 /dev/urandom > 0000000 d920a168 b904ed93 1dc8962e d1a8c0b1 > > -bash-3.1# od -tx4 -N 16 /dev/urandom > 0000000 d920a168 b904ed93 1dc8962e d1a8c0b1 Just as a data point, I do not see this problem in my setup (Debian Etch, xen 3.0.3). Cheers, Andy
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