Martin Steigerwald - 09.07.19, 10:54:
> Martin Steigerwald - 08.07.19, 17:35:
> > Just another reason I am happy to use sysvinit on my systems.
> >
> > unblock: systemd/241-4
> > https://bugs.debian.org/929215
> >
> > Booting system should not depend on random numbers to be available
> > in
> > a large enough quantity.
> >
> > Granted there is a processor bug involved… but why rely on the
> > random
> > number generator of CPUs anyway?
>
> https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-informat
> ion.en.html#entropy-starvation
>
> is just so seriously broken I do not have any words for it.
>
> Just *booting* the system should not depend on enough entropy being
> available. Starting services that need entropy may be delayed, but
> just booting should not depend on entropy being available.

This is enlightening:

Openssh taking minutes to become available, booting takes half an hour
... because your server waits for a few bytes of randomness

https://daniel-lange.com/archives/152-hello-buster.html

According Daniel Systemd developers are basically getting it wrong to
the maximum extent possible.

--
Martin