Entropy generator in Juju environment?

Paul Sladen ubuntu at paul.sladen.org
Thu Dec 22 14:23:32 UTC 2011


On Thu, 22 Dec 2011, Nick Barcet wrote:
> randomness and entropy in virtual environments came up.

It would probably be better to write a Juju charm for secure network
setup and distribution of a real entrophy source, and promote that as
the preferred low-entrophy solution for Ubuntu Cloud; eg:

  http://www.entropykey.co.uk/

  http://packages.ubuntu.com/ekeyd
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/ekeyd-egd-linux

This source does it right(tm).  Real randomness, tested, validated,
checked, signed and encrypted before even leaving the USB interface.

Plus, it happens to be made by some certain Debian developers (*also
former Canonical employees) who know what they're doing.

	-Paul




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