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| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | random.c | 19 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ Things which might need doing: - Make options.h generated from configure perhaps? -- some sort of warning when blocking on random? (could be difficult, - investigate alarm() perhaps) - - Improved queueing of unauthed connections - handle /etc/environment in AIX @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static void readrand(unsigned char* buf, unsigned int buflen); static void readrand(unsigned char* buf, unsigned int buflen) { + static int already_blocked = 0; int readfd; unsigned int readpos; int readlen; @@ -92,6 +93,24 @@ static void readrand(unsigned char* buf, unsigned int buflen) { /* read the actual random data */ readpos = 0; do { + if (!already_blocked) + { + int ret; + struct timeval timeout; + fd_set read_fds; + + timeout.tv_sec = 2; /* two seconds should be enough */ + timeout.tv_usec = 0; + + FD_ZERO(&read_fds); + FD_SET(readfd, &read_fds); + ret = select(readfd + 1, &read_fds, NULL, NULL, &timeout); + if (ret == 0) + { + dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "Warning: Reading the random source seems to have blocked.\nIf you experience problems, you probably need to find a better entropy source."); + already_blocked = 1; + } + } readlen = read(readfd, &buf[readpos], buflen - readpos); if (readlen <= 0) { if (readlen < 0 && errno == EINTR) { |