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I think the concern is that a process could then exhaust all available entropy, and DOS any other processes depending on /dev/random. Currently, a chroot could

I think the concern is that a process could then exhaust all available entropy, and DOS any other processes depending on /dev/random. Currently, a chroot could protect against that.

X-Istence 12y ago
Yes, and it is exactly that chroot that is cause for concern and why this system call is being introduced...
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