Re: regarding the changes to kernel entropy gathering

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 06:24:38PM +0000, Koning, Paul wrote:
> > Isn't it as simple as:
> > 
> > 	dd bs=32 if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/random
> > 
> > ?
> 
> That runs the risk of people thinking it adds entropy.  I'd be more comfortable with this:
> 
> 	dd bs=32 if=/dev/zero of=/dev/random
> 
> because it makes the security implications more obvious.

Both ways are equally unclear to anyone not looking deep enough. Your
method could be read like "we start with empty state".

Martin