Re: [PATCH RFC] Disable save-entropy in jails

On Dec 24, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> wrote:

> I think we shouldn't save entropy inside jails, as the data is not going
> to be used by rc script (pjd@126744).  If there is no objections, I will
> commit this changeset on January 1, 2014.

Even if it is not used by an rc script, it might be used by some userland program (running as root, of course) that knows about the directory and wants some fresh entropy for its own use.

Is there a problem with saving the directory in jails? It certainly isn't taking up much space.

--Paul Hoffman
_______________________________________________
freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"