full-disclosure - Re: Ubuntu: reseed(8), random.org, and HTTP request

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Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:06:21 -0500
From: Jamie Strandboge <jamie@...onical.com>
To: noloader@...il.com
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	BugTraq <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: Ubuntu: reseed(8), random.org,
 and HTTP request

On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 00:04 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> Ubuntu's reseed(8) can be used to seed the PRNG state of a host. The
> script is run when the package installed, and anytime su executes the
> script.
> 
> reseed(8) performs a unsecured HTTP request to random.org for its
> bits, despite random.org offering HTTPS services.

Ubuntu's response can be found in the bug:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/804594

-- 
Jamie Strandboge             | http://www.canonical.com

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