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   Dan Goodin (dangoodin@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 13:53:05 JST Dan Goodin

   • Kevin Lyda

   @lyda

   How so?

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     Mike Gerdts (mgerdts@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 13:52:58 JST Mike Gerdts

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     • Miah Johnson
     • Kevin Lyda
     • joelitics

     @miah @joelitics @dangoodin @lyda lack of /dev/[u]random on #Solaris was such a pain. When Jonathan Schwartz (?) said that #Sun would treat incompatibility with Linux as a bug, I got that bug filed by a service request and it was implemented not long afterwards.

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     Miah Johnson (miah@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 13:52:59 JST Miah Johnson

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     • Kevin Lyda
     • joelitics

     @joelitics @dangoodin @lyda Ah ya, many systems of that era didn't have a build in RNG, and just getting SSLeay (precursor to OpenSSL) to compile was _an exercise_. Especially on "weird" systems like SCO OpenServer / UNIXWare, you had to hope that stuff was packaged on the Skunkworks CD's.

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     joelitics (joelitics@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 13:53:04 JST joelitics

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     • Kevin Lyda

     @dangoodin @lyda I still have nightmares about seeding PRNG!