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

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Wed Jul 17 20:54:38 UTC 2013


#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 daira):

 How about logging to a file the randomness returned by the Crypto++ RNG
 when the bug is reproducible, and checking whether it is actually random?

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1924#comment:29>
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