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2013 Nov 14
1
Re: make_random_password(): avoid modulo bias, and do not deplete system entropy (#9)
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 01:48:17AM -0800, edwintorok wrote:
> Following the link to builder.ml from your blogpost I noticed the make_random_password () function, and I have some suggestions, well nitpicks really. See the 2 commits from this pull request.
>
> 1. Using Ocaml's buffered I/O means that one make_random_password() call reads 64k bytes from /dev/urandom which drops the system's entropy to minimum ~128 bits. The...
2014 Sep 04
10
[PATCH 0/5] use augeas for /etc/shadow
Hi,
currently /etc/shadow is edited manually when needed (i.e. when setting
the password for an user), and it is not changed when removing users.
Import the upstream shadow.aug (currently in their development serie,
but not part of any released version yet), and use it only when the
augeas version is less than a potential 1.2.1 (covering also the case
when the new version is just 1.3.0).
Pino
2014 Mar 18
2
[PATCH] customize: Move virt-customize-related code to a separate
There's not going to be an easy way to present this patch. It's huge
and interconnected.
Anyway, what it does is lay the groundwork for a new tool which I'm
calling 'virt-customize'. virt-customize is virt-builder, but without
the part where it downloads a template from a respository. Just the
part where it customizes the template, that is, installing packages,
editing