Re: [Sks-devel] why does SKS have /dev/random open for writing?

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

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On 09/19/2013 07:46 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> On 09/19/2013 07:41 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
>> On 09/19/2013 01:39 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
>>> gentoo1 sks # lsof /dev/random COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE 
>>> DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME sks     11839 root    3r   CHR
>>> 1,8 0t0 1157 /dev/random sks     31332 root    3r   CHR    1,8 
>>> 0t0 1157 /dev/random
> 
>> hm, so it's open for reading on gentoo but writing on debian? 
>> weirder and weirder.  Which version of cryptokit is this linked 
>> against?  is it stock sks 1.1.4 or from the hg tip or some other 
>> variant?
> 
> hg tip of the master branch using cryptokit 1.7
> 

FWIW, I see the same on stock 1.1.4 and cryptokit 1.5 as well;

gentoo1 sks # sks version
SKS version 1.1.4
Compiled with Ocaml version 3.12.1 and BDB version 4.6.21
This SKS version has a minimum compatibility requirement for recon of
SKS 0.1.5
Further details about the BDB environment can be seen by executing
db4.6_stat -x in the KDB and Ptree directories
gentoo1 sks # lsof /dev/random
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
sks     18977 root    3r   CHR    1,8      0t0 1157 /dev/random
sks     18978 root    3r   CHR    1,8      0t0 1157 /dev/random

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