/dev/random vs. /dev/urandom and the krb5 test suite

Sam Hartman hartmans at MIT.EDU
Thu Jun 18 14:45:52 EDT 2009


>>>>> "Simo" == Simo Sorce <ssorce at redhat.com> writes:
    Simo> Wouldn't it make more sense to have an environment variable
    Simo> used only during tests ?

I'm much more comfortable with the implications of introducing a
config file options than environment variables.  Environment variables
tend to get set by things like telnet, ssh, etc and have a checkered
security history.



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