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Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:58:07 +0300
From: Jarno Huuskonen <Jarno.Huuskonen@....fi>
To: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: glibc resolver dns query ids
I noticed that you have added a patch for glibc-2.1.3 to use more random
dns query ids (the same patch you have for bind-4.9.x ?).
Have you done any tests to see if the patch adds any performance
penalties etc. ? (My rough guess would be that any penalties will be very
minimal).
(Also have you tested bind-8.2.3 with 'use-id-pool yes;' to see if it
uses decent query id's and how it compares to your res_randomid patch ?)
Have you done (or considered) a similar patch for glibc __gen_tempname ?
Here's part of the __gen_tempname code (looks similar to the res_randomid):
value += ((uint64_t) tv.tv_usec << 16) ^ tv.tv_sec ^ __getpid ();
(I guess it couldn't hurt if __gen_tempname would accept more than six X's).
This probably isn't very interesting but might help some (closed source)
programs (if you have to use them) that use mktemp/tempnam with or
without O_EXCL.
Have you considered using something like prngd as a random source ?
OpenSSH seems to recommend prngd.
-Jarno
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