RE: [PATCH] get_random_bytes returns the same on every boot

[Eble, Dan]

Balint Marton wrote:
> At boot time, get_random_bytes always returns the same 
> random data, as if there were a constant random seed.
> packet with always the same transaction ID. (If you have 
> more than one computers, and they are booting at the
> same time, then this is a big problem)

If many systems are booting at the same time, is seeding with the system
time really an appropriate solution?  Shouldn't some system-specific
value also contribute to the randomization?
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