From: Filip Schauer <f.schauer@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH manager v4 7/9] ui: remove warning about entropy starvation of /dev/random
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:11:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250218111102.40055-8-f.schauer@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250218111102.40055-1-f.schauer@proxmox.com>
Remove the warning about entropy-starvation when using /dev/random as
the entropy source. This concern no longer applies since the removal of
the blocking entropy pool in kernel version 5.6. [1] [2]
[1] https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/acd77500aa8a337baa6d853568c4b55aca48e20f
[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/808575/
Signed-off-by: Filip Schauer <f.schauer@proxmox.com>
---
www/manager6/qemu/RNGEdit.js | 13 -------------
1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/www/manager6/qemu/RNGEdit.js b/www/manager6/qemu/RNGEdit.js
index e34e2c08..097e08c3 100644
--- a/www/manager6/qemu/RNGEdit.js
+++ b/www/manager6/qemu/RNGEdit.js
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ Ext.define('PVE.qemu.RNGInputPanel', {
limitWarning.setHidden(!!newVal);
},
},
- '#source': {
- change: function(el, newVal) {
- let limitWarning = this.lookupReference('sourceWarning');
- limitWarning.setHidden(newVal !== '/dev/random');
- },
- },
},
},
@@ -77,13 +71,6 @@ Ext.define('PVE.qemu.RNGInputPanel', {
labelWidth: 130,
emptyText: '1000',
},
- {
- xtype: 'displayfield',
- reference: 'sourceWarning',
- value: gettext('Using /dev/random as entropy source is discouraged, as it can lead to host entropy starvation. /dev/urandom is preferred, and does not lead to a decrease in security in practice.'),
- userCls: 'pmx-hint',
- hidden: true,
- },
{
xtype: 'displayfield',
reference: 'limitWarning',
--
2.39.5
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-02-18 11:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-18 11:10 [pve-devel] [PATCH manager/qemu-server v4 0/9] fix #5657: allow configuring RNG device as non-root user Filip Schauer
2025-02-18 11:10 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v4 1/9] remove outdated /dev/random entropy-starvation warnings Filip Schauer
2025-02-18 11:10 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v4 2/9] refactor: move rng related code into its own module Filip Schauer
2025-02-18 11:10 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v4 3/9] add helpers for VirtIO RNG command line arguments Filip Schauer
2025-02-18 11:10 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v4 4/9] refactor: check_mapping_access: move root user check to the top Filip Schauer
2025-02-18 11:10 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v4 5/9] allow non-root users to set /dev/u?random as an RNG source Filip Schauer
2025-02-18 11:10 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v4 6/9] allow non-root users to set /dev/hwrng " Filip Schauer
2025-02-18 11:11 ` Filip Schauer [this message]
2025-02-18 11:11 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager v4 8/9] ui: permissions: add ACL path for hardware RNG Filip Schauer
2025-02-18 11:11 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager v4 9/9] ui: let non-root users configure VirtIO RNG devices Filip Schauer
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