Re: [PATCH] del_rand: Deletion of RAND file in openssl config

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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Yes, I think we can delete them. They don’t serve any purpose.

> On 29 Jan 2019, at 15:11, ummeegge <ummeegge(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> OK, thanks.
> But good that you mentioned the updater cause we wanted to delete then
> also the .rnd files under /var/ipfire/ovpn/ca and under /var/tmp/.rnd
> since both openssl configuration files did exclude them with this
> patch.
> 
> Would send a patch for this too but i am currently on a travel and back
> again next week.
> 
> A list of all available .rnd´s are:
> -rw------- 1 nobody nobody 1024 Sep  1 09:07 /home/nobody/.rnd
> -rw------- 1 nobody nobody 1024 Nov 16 01:27 /var/ipfire/ovpn/ca/.rnd
> -rw------- 1 nobody nobody 1024 Sep 22 12:14 /var/tmp/.rnd
> -rw------- 1 root root 1024 Jun 25 12:59 /.rnd
> -rw------- 1 root root 1024 Nov 19 14:29 /root/.rnd
> 
> Should they be deleted too ?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Erik
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 29.01.2019, 13:52 +0000 schrieb Michael Tremer:
>> I merged it.
>> 
>> For some reason I thought this was part of the OpenSSL patchset.
>> 
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>> 
>>> On 29 Jan 2019, at 13:51, Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> What is the reason that openssl.cnf is excluded in the updater?
>>> 
>>>> On 29 Jan 2019, at 13:17, ummeegge <ummeegge(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Just as a reminder cause i haven´t found it in Git, this one
>>>> might be
>>>> important for the OpenSSL update and IPSec.
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> 
>>>> Erik
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Am Dienstag, den 08.01.2019, 20:33 +0100 schrieb Erik Kapfer:
>>>>> Fixes #11943
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since the kernel RNG should do this, there is no need for this
>>>>> anymore.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Erik Kapfer <ummeegge(a)ipfire.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> config/ovpn/openssl/ovpn.cnf | 2 --
>>>>> config/ssl/openssl.cnf       | 2 --
>>>>> 2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> diff --git a/config/ovpn/openssl/ovpn.cnf
>>>>> b/config/ovpn/openssl/ovpn.cnf
>>>>> index 40daf2a0a..96c3dcb09 100644
>>>>> --- a/config/ovpn/openssl/ovpn.cnf
>>>>> +++ b/config/ovpn/openssl/ovpn.cnf
>>>>> @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
>>>>> HOME				= .
>>>>> -RANDFILE			= /var/ipfire/ovpn/ca/.rnd
>>>>> oid_section			= new_oids
>>>>> 
>>>>> [ new_oids ]
>>>>> @@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ certificate			=
>>>>> $dir/ca/cacert.pem
>>>>> serial				= $dir/certs/serial
>>>>> crl				= $dir/crl.pem
>>>>> private_key			= $dir/ca/cakey.pem
>>>>> -RANDFILE			= $dir/ca/.rand
>>>>> x509_extensions			= usr_cert
>>>>> default_days			= 999999
>>>>> default_crl_days		= 30
>>>>> diff --git a/config/ssl/openssl.cnf b/config/ssl/openssl.cnf
>>>>> index 9d1e6e1ff..3b980fcd4 100644
>>>>> --- a/config/ssl/openssl.cnf
>>>>> +++ b/config/ssl/openssl.cnf
>>>>> @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
>>>>> HOME		= .
>>>>> -RANDFILE	= /var/tmp/.rnd
>>>>> oid_section	= new_oids
>>>>> 
>>>>> [ new_oids ]
>>>>> @@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ certificate	= $dir/ca/cacert.pem
>>>>> serial		= $dir/certs/serial
>>>>> crl		= $dir/crls/cacrl.pem
>>>>> private_key	= $dir/private/cakey.pem
>>>>> -RANDFILE	= $dir/tmp/.rand
>>>>> x509_extensions	= usr_cert
>>>>> default_days	= 999999
>>>>> default_crl_days= 30
>> 
>> 
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