[openssl-project] Random devices in chroot environments revisited

Dr. Matthias St. Pierre Matthias.St.Pierre at ncp-e.com
Tue Oct 30 23:04:23 UTC 2018


> > ... currently there are two alternative approaches for doing it:
> >
> >     #7429 - Conditionally open random devices on initialization
> >     #7437 - rand_unix.c: open random devices on first use only
> > ...
> > *  Pull request #7429 fixes the opt-out issue but remains along the lines of
> >     the initial solution #7432. ...
> >
> > *  Pull request #7429 works without explicit opt-out, because it opens the
> >     random devices on first use only ...
> 
> #7437 I guess

Yes, thanks for the correction. A typical copy&paste error. 

Matthias



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