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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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