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Bug
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Resolution: Not an Issue
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P4
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None
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5.0, 5.0u6, 5.0u11, 6, 6u13
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generic, x86
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generic, linux
If you do
import java.security.SecureRandom;
class JRand {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
System.out.println("Ok: " +
SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG").nextLong());
}
}
then SecureRandom will read from /dev/random even if securerandom.source is configured to use /dev/urandom. This is a problem if /dev/urandom was chosen because /dev/random is not working properly.
The root cause is that 4705093 assigned special meaning to the string "/dev/urandom".
import java.security.SecureRandom;
class JRand {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
System.out.println("Ok: " +
SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG").nextLong());
}
}
then SecureRandom will read from /dev/random even if securerandom.source is configured to use /dev/urandom. This is a problem if /dev/urandom was chosen because /dev/random is not working properly.
The root cause is that 4705093 assigned special meaning to the string "/dev/urandom".
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- Closed
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- relates to
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- Closed
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