On 7/9/19 5:07 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Martin Steigerwald - 09.07.19, 10:54:
>>
>> 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.
>

Live-isos with openssh-server hang on boot while waiting for enough
entropy to make new host keys. I get this with sysvinit (in Devuan). I
made a live-config script to start haveged before openssh-server starts to
fix it.

fsmithred