One thing that I would be careful of is that cold-booted computers are known to be, shall we say, less than optimal when it comes to seeding their PRNG. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that cold-booted computers of the same model/manufacturer would have either the same or nearly the same "randomized" kernel locations.
It's only later, after boot, when the kernel has had a chance to start collecting random seeding from user input that the PRNG becomes more random. This is not an issue for computers going through a warm reboot. Of course, without closer examination of the code and testing a bit, it's impossible to know whether Theo has addressed this possible problem. On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > A posting from a favorite web site of mine: > > <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openbsd-will-get-unique-kernels-on-each-reboot-do-you-hear-that-linux-windows/> > > Howard > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Tilghman -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
