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diff --git a/hurd/translator/random.mdwn b/hurd/translator/random.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..294531d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/translator/random.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +[Savannah task #5130: random translator](http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5130) + +See the attached [[mbox.bz2]] containing all the emails concerning this topic +which I was able to gather from public archives. (!) This is not up-to-date +anymore, as [[MichaelCasadevall]] is currently working on this. + +# Description + +Sources of entropy are for example disk access latencies or keystroke patterns +or behavior on networks. This suggests that for implementing a random +translator a kernel part is needed as well, to gather that entropy. That +kernel part would then export the gathered entropy via a kernel device, named +perhaps `entropy`. + +# Setup Pseudo Random Devices + +Stuck getting SSH to work? You need a pseudo random generator (PRG). + +There are several solutions to the lack of `/dev/random` and `/dev/urandom`, +but they are not yet in the default installation. + +* Marcus' work can be downloaded at + [random.tar.gz](ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/random.tar.gz). + (Identical to <http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/random-64.tar.gz>?) + * [A patch](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-hurd/2002-August/010248.html) + that was probably already incorporated from August 14, 2002. + * Clemmitt Sigler [reported + success](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2002-10/msg00076.html) + October 11, 2002 and Marcus [described + some](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2002-10/msg00081.html) of + the internals. + +* [Entropy Gathering Daemon](http://egd.sourceforge.net/). + * [request for packaging](http://bugs.debian.org/145498). + +* [OSKit Entropy + Patch](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2003-01/msg00000.html) from + Derek Davies - Jan 2003. + * See also [this page](http://www.ddavies.net/oskit-entropy/). + * Note that this patch can (and should) be used with this [OSKit NIC + patch](ftp://flux.cs.utah.edu/flux/oskit/mail/html/oskit-users/msg01570.html). + +* [Sune Kirkeby's incomplete port of the Linux /dev/\{,u\}random device + driver](http://ibofobi.dk/stuff/hurd-entropy/) + * [The files](http://download.ibofobi.dk/hurd-entropy/), including a [patch + for GNU + Mach](http://download.ibofobi.dk/hurd-entropy/gnumach-entropy.diff.bz2). + +--- + +# Setup Tips + +Here are some tips on how to actually setup the two random devices using +Kilobugs' [random-64 server](http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/random-64.tar.gz). +His tarball is a complete Hurd server including a pre-built binary - so you +don't need GCC or magic fingers for this! :) + +After untaring the package you copy the random binary to the `/hurd` +directory. Then you setup the translators for random and urandom. + + # settrans -c /dev/random /hurd/random \ + --seed-file /var/run/random-seed --secure + # settrans -c /dev/urandom /hurd/random \ + --seed-file /var/run/urandom-seed --fast + # chmod 0644 /dev/random /dev/urandom diff --git a/hurd/translator/random/mbox.bz2 b/hurd/translator/random/mbox.bz2 Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000..a9a4d4a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/translator/random/mbox.bz2 |