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    RNG broken in FreeBSD

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      1977er
      last edited by

      I just picked up this security advisory https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2015-February/054580.html which basically says that the random number generator in the underlying FreeBSD is broken for the last four months. Since the latest pfSense's kernel is build on January 22nd, 2015, I think we are affected by this bug.

      Are you already aware of this bug? Is it possible to upgrade the kernel via (auto-)update?

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        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
        last edited by

        Read the whole thread.

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          1977er
          last edited by

          Ah, okay, sorry.

          So, pfSense 2.2 kernel is not build between r273872 and r278907?

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          • DerelictD Offline
            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
            last edited by

            Someone from ESF should chime in but I highly doubt they're building from -current.  And I have no doubt they're building their own kernels so the build date will probably be more recent than the latest 10.1-RELEASE.

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            DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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              1977er
              last edited by

              OIC, thanks for clarification.  :)

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              • DerelictD Offline
                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                last edited by

                As posted by the doktor on the other thread:

                https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4437#note-2

                Nothing to see here.  The perils of -current.

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