Re: [Sks-devel] why does SKS have /dev/random open for writing?

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

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On 09/19/2013 07:31 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> hi SKS folks--

..


> 
> I'm not clear on why this is happening.  I don't see /dev/random 
> referenced explicitly in the source.  Anyone have any clue about
> what it's doing?  This is happening for me on debian systems -- can
> users of other systems confirm or deny that this is happening for
> them as well?


gentoo1 sks # lsof /dev/random
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
sks     11839 root    3r   CHR    1,8      0t0 1157 /dev/random
sks     31332 root    3r   CHR    1,8      0t0 1157 /dev/random


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