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

[David Benfell]

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On 09/19/2013 10:31 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> hi SKS folks--
> 
> I was just looking at the behavior of sks 1.1.4, and i noticed that
> it seems to have /dev/random open for writing:
> 
> 0 zimmermann:~# lsof /dev/random COMMAND PID       USER   FD   TYPE
> DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME sks     742 debian-sks    3w   CHR    1,8
> 0t0 1244 /dev/random sks     756 debian-sks    3w   CHR    1,8
> 0t0 1244 /dev/random

On an Arch system, running sks 1.1.4:

munich% sudo lsof /dev/random
COMMAND PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
sks     217 root    3r   CHR    1,8      0t0 1039 /dev/random
sks     219 root    3r   CHR    1,8      0t0 1039 /dev/random

I would think that *this* would be what is expected.

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David Benfell
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