Re: OpenSSL randomness seeding - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Noah Misch
Subject Re: OpenSSL randomness seeding
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Msg-id 20200802064823.GB2207@rfd.leadboat.com
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In response to Re: OpenSSL randomness seeding  (Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>)
Responses Re: OpenSSL randomness seeding
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On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:42:16PM +0200, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> Somewhat on topic though, 1.1.1 adds a RAND_priv_bytes function for random
> numbers that are supposed to be private and extra protected via it's own DRBG.
> Maybe we should use that for SCRAM salts etc in case we detect 1.1.1?

Maybe.  Would you have a separate pg_private_random() function, or just use
RAND_priv_bytes() for pg_strong_random()?  No pg_strong_random() caller is
clearly disinterested in privacy; gen_random_uuid() may come closest.



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