Why doesn't Linux have a getrandom() syscall or any of the timingsafe_*() comparison functions yet? Seriously there better be a good reason.
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Replying to @isislovecruft
@isislovecruft It does. But it's not really clear when/why someone would want to use this vs a mostly-userspace arc4random/posix_random...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RichFelker
@RichFelker@isislovecruft getrandom() makes userspace arc4random() much easier and more reliable to implement (esp. wrt sandbox/chroot)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @damienmiller
@damienmiller@isislovecruft On any kernel with getrandom (and many more) you already have AT_RANDOM.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RichFelker
@RichFelker@damienmiller WAIT WAT. Your recommendation is I access some "random" longs that Kees fucking Cook fucked into the ELF header?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Replying to @isislovecruft
@isislovecruft @damienmiller AT_RANDOM is not in the elf header.
8:06 AM - 30 Apr 2016
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