Re: [Tails-dev] Help understanding Random seed

Nachricht löschen

Nachricht beantworten
Autor: segfault
Datum:  
To: tails-dev
Betreff: Re: [Tails-dev] Help understanding Random seed
Hi,

A-Malik via Tails-dev:
> Two questions regarding the Random seed implementation:
>
> 1. Is the "Random seed" generated every boot?


Yes, the random seed is updated during each boot and shutdown. How
that's done is described in
https://tails.net/contribute/design/random/#index2h1.

> 2. Is the "Random seed" static aka doesn't change if your using Persistent Storage?


The random seed is independent of the Persistent Storage.

>> This random seed is stored outside of the Persistent Storage so that all users can benefit from stronger cryptography.
> But when I last looked at the /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/ I see the "Random seed" so I'm a little confused now?


That is surprising, as far as I know Tails never created a file "Random
seed" in the Persistent Storage. Maybe some app or script you ran
created it?

Cheers