linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v43 01/15] Linux Random Number Generator

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Message-ID: <CAN_LGv3x==7Mt2J4gis1L8xoNqUhSus0Sue1f92bU=aJDKDn0Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:01:42 +0500
From:   "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>
To:     Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v43 01/15] Linux Random Number Generator

(resending without HTML this time, sorry for a possible duplicate)
вт, 11 янв. 2022 г. в 09:13, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>:
> The goal is to identify a solution that avoids the enterprise kernels
> needing to do their own thing. They're in a position to globally
> LD_PRELOAD something to thunk getrandom() to improve compatibility if
> they want to, and they're also able to define the expected level of
> breakage if you enable FIPS mode. An approach that allows a single
> kernel to provide different policies in different contexts (eg,
> different namespaces could have different device nodes providing
> /dev/random) makes it easier to configure that based on customer
> requirements.

LD_PRELOAD is not a solution because of containers (that need to be
modified to make use of the preloadable library) and statically-linked
binaries.

-- 
Alexander E. Patrakov