[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-08:11.arc4random

[Aragon Gouveia]

| By FreeBSD Security Advisories <security-advisories at freebsd.org>
|                                          [ 2008-11-24 19:48 +0200 ]
> III. Impact
> 
> All security-related kernel subsystems that rely on a quality random
> number generator are subject to a wide range of possible attacks for the
> 300 seconds after boot or until 64k of random data is consumed.  The list
> includes:

I suppose this would affect the quality of SSH host keys generated at boot
time by RC?


Thanks,
Aragon