[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1924: NetBSD < 6.0 /dev/random appears to break RSA keygen in test suites

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#1924: NetBSD < 6.0 /dev/random appears to break RSA keygen in test suites
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     Reporter:  midnightmagic  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major          |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code           |    Version:  1.9.2
   Resolution:                 |   Keywords:  netbsd random cryptopp
Launchpad Bug:                 |
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Comment (by zooko):

 Replying to [comment:25 daira]:
 > Zooko: how do you know that pycryptopp never reads from /dev/random?

 comment:13 and comment:14 are my notes about reading the source code and
 concluding that pycryptopp's use of the OS's entropy source was solely
 through /dev/urandom. Also midnightmagic checked with ktrace and found
 only use of /dev/urandom (comment:20).

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