Feature #6116

Audit random seed

Added by Tails 2013-07-18 07:51:11 . Updated 2019-02-24 11:16:44 .

Status:
Confirmed
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Target version:
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Security Audit
Blueprint:

https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/randomness_seeding/

Starter:
0
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Deliverable for:

Description

See the pkg-sysvinit-devel archives, in July and August 2010, for an interesting discussion about random seeds unicity, especially at early boot time.

We should audit such matters in Tails.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #7102: Evaluate how safe haveged is in a virtualized environment Confirmed 2014-04-17
Related to Tails - Feature #5650: rngd Resolved
Related to Tails - Feature #7642: Investigate whether we should resume shipping a static random seed Resolved 2016-09-02
Related to Tails - Feature #7646: Investigate whether we should ship /var/lib/systemd/random-seed Duplicate 2014-07-23
Related to Tails - Feature #7675: Persist entropy pool seeds Duplicate 2016-11-04

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2013-07-19 01:23:22

  • Type of work set to Audit

Type of work: Audit

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2013-10-03 11:26:38

  • Subject changed from random seed to Audit random seed
  • Starter set to No

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2014-06-21 13:32:23

  • related to Feature #7102: Evaluate how safe haveged is in a virtualized environment added

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-06-21 13:32:37

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-28 10:54:01

  • related to Feature #7642: Investigate whether we should resume shipping a static random seed added

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-28 10:54:21

  • related to Feature #7646: Investigate whether we should ship /var/lib/systemd/random-seed added

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-28 14:50:40

#8 Updated by sycamoreone 2015-08-05 05:27:23

Should this be a hole-in-the-roof also?

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2015-08-05 06:49:27

  • Target version set to Hole in the Roof

#10 Updated by intrigeri 2016-01-02 04:48:24

  • Blueprint set to https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/randomness_seeding/

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2016-02-19 00:46:06

  • Type of work changed from Audit to Security Audit

#12 Updated by bertagaz 2016-11-04 14:30:45

  • Target version changed from Hole in the Roof to 2017

We decided at the November 4th meeting to delay this audit until we’ll have gone forward on the implementation of our plan (Feature #11897 and Feature #7675).

#13 Updated by BitingBird 2017-08-28 20:10:40

  • Target version changed from 2017 to 2018

#14 Updated by intrigeri 2019-02-24 11:16:44

  • Target version deleted (2018)

2018 is over and this did not make it on our roadmap for next year (incomplete team).