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'''/dev/random''' - Zeichenorientierte [[virtuelle Gerätedatei]] die Zufallszahlen hoher Qualität liefert
 
== Beschreibung ==
== Beschreibung ==
=== /dev/random ===
Da für [[Rechnernetz|netzwerkorientierte]] Systeme wie Unix [[Kryptographie]]-Dienste und damit [[Zufallszahl]]en eine bedeutende Rolle spielen, kommt dieser Datei und dem dahinterstehenden Treiber eine wichtige Bedeutung zu.
; [[Unixoides System|unixoiden Betriebssystemen]]
* Zeichenorientierte [[virtuelle Gerätedatei]]
* Programme können auf einen systemweiten [[Zufallszahlengenerator]] von hoher Qualität zugreifen
 
; Da für [[Rechnernetz|netzwerkorientierte]] Systeme wie Unix [[Kryptographie]]-Dienste und damit [[Zufallszahl]]en eine bedeutende Rolle spielen, kommt dieser Datei und dem dahinterstehenden Treiber eine wichtige Bedeutung zu.


; Zufallsgenerator sammelt [[Umgebungsrauschen]] von [[Gerätetreiber]]n und anderen Quellen in einem [[Entropie (Informationstheorie)|Entropie-„Pool“]]
; Zufallsgenerator sammelt [[Umgebungsrauschen]] von [[Gerätetreiber]]n und anderen Quellen in einem [[Entropie (Informationstheorie)|Entropie-„Pool“]]
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Aus '''<code>/dev/urandom</code>''' (unlimited random) können wie aus <code>/dev/random</code> Zufallszahlen gelesen werden.
Aus '''<code>/dev/urandom</code>''' (unlimited random) können wie aus <code>/dev/random</code> Zufallszahlen gelesen werden.


; <code>/dev/urandom</code> blockiert nicht wenn eine definierte Entropieschwelle unterschritten wird
; <code>/dev/urandom</code> blockiert nicht, wenn eine definierte Entropieschwelle unterschritten wird
In diesem Fall kann nicht ganz ausgeschlossen werden, dass es einem Angreifer gelingt, die erzeugten [[Pseudozufall]]szahlen im Nachhinein zu berechnen.<ref>http://linux.die.net/man/4/urandom</ref>
In diesem Fall kann nicht ganz ausgeschlossen werden, dass es einem Angreifer gelingt, die erzeugten [[Pseudozufall]]szahlen im Nachhinein zu berechnen.<ref>http://linux.die.net/man/4/urandom</ref>


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; Mit der [[GNU]]-Software <code>rng-tools</code> lassen sich unter Linux und ähnlichen Betriebssystemen [[Zufallszahlengenerator#Physikalischer Zufallszahlengenerator|physikalische Zufallszahlengeneratoren]] einbinden.<ref>{{Webarchiv|text=Archivlink |url=http://www.vanheusden.com/te/timer_entropyd-0.1.tgz |wayback=20130921054659}}</ref>
; Mit der [[GNU]]-Software <code>rng-tools</code> lassen sich unter Linux und ähnlichen Betriebssystemen [[Zufallszahlengenerator#Physikalischer Zufallszahlengenerator|physikalische Zufallszahlengeneratoren]] einbinden.<ref>{{Webarchiv|text=Archivlink |url=http://www.vanheusden.com/te/timer_entropyd-0.1.tgz |wayback=20130921054659}}</ref>


==Anwendungen==
== Anwendung ==
==Siehe auch==
 
== Siehe auch ==
# [[/dev/zero]]
# [[/dev/zero]]


===Dokumentation===
=== Weblinks ===
====RFC====
====Man-Pages====
====Info-Pages====
===Links===
====Einzelnachweise====
<references />
====Projekt====
==== Weblinks ====
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random
=== Literatur ===
# [https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Publikationen/Studien/LinuxRNG/LinuxRNG.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1 Dokumentation und Analyse des Linux-Pseudozufallszahlengenerators] Eine Studie im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI); Dezember 2013
= Wikipedia EN =
[[File:Hexdump of dev urandom.png|upright=1.5|thumb|256 byte hex dump of /dev/urandom]]
{{Short description|Pseudorandom number generator file in Unix-like operating systems}}
In [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s, '''{{mono|/dev/random}}''' and '''{{mono|/dev/urandom}}''' are [[special file]]s that serve as [[cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator]]s.
* They allow access to environmental noise collected from [[device driver]]s and other sources.<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/char/random.c?id=refs/tags/v3.15.6#n52
| title=Linux Kernel drivers/char/random.c comment documentation @ 1da177e4
| first=Linus | last=Torvalds
| date=2005-04-16
| access-date=2014-07-22
}}</ref>  {{mono|/dev/random}} typically [[Blocking (computing)|blocked]] if there was less [[Entropy (computing)|entropy]] available than requested; more recently (see below for the differences between operating systems) it usually blocks at startup until sufficient entropy has been gathered, then unblocks permanently.
* The {{mono|/dev/urandom}} device typically was never a blocking device, even if the pseudorandom number generator seed was not fully initialized with entropy since boot.
* Not all operating systems implement the same methods for {{mono|/dev/random}} and {{mono|/dev/urandom}}.
== Linux ==
[[File:Rngtest FIPS-140-2 screenshot.png|upright=1.5|thumb|Rngtest testing /dev/random pool ]]
Random number generation in [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel space]] was implemented for the first time for [[Linux]]<ref>{{cite web
|url        = https://randombit.net/bitbashing/posts/syllable_dev_random.html
|title      = On Syllable's /dev/random
|first      = Jack
|last        = Lloyd
|date        = 2008-12-09
|access-date  = 2019-08-21
}}</ref> in 1994 by [[Theodore Ts'o]].<ref>{{cite web
|url        = http://everything2.com/title/%252Fdev%252Frandom
|title      = /dev/random
|date        = 2003-06-08
|publisher  = [[Everything2]]
|access-date  = 2013-07-03
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20091117215406/http://everything2.com/title/%252Fdev%252Frandom
|archive-date = 2009-11-17
|url-status    = live
}}</ref>
The implementation used [[cryptographic hash function|secure hashes]] rather than [[cipher]]s,{{clarify|date=February 2017}} to avoid [[export of cryptography|cryptography export restrictions]] that were in place when the generator was originally designed.
* The implementation was also designed with the assumption that any given hash or cipher might eventually be found to be weak, and so the design is durable in the face of any such weaknesses.
* Fast recovery from [[Entropy pool|pool compromise]] is not considered a requirement, because the requirements for pool compromise are sufficient for much easier and more direct attacks on unrelated parts of the operating system.
In Ts'o's implementation, the generator keeps an estimate of the number of [[bit]]s of noise in the [[entropy pool]].
* From this entropy pool random numbers are created.
* When read, the {{mono|/dev/random}} device will only return random bytes within the estimated number of bits of noise in the entropy pool.  When the entropy pool is empty, reads from {{mono|/dev/random}} will [[Asynchronous I/O|block]] until additional environmental noise is gathered.<ref name="linux-man-page">{{man|4|random|Linux}}</ref> The intent is to serve as a [[cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator]], delivering output with entropy as large as possible.
* This is suggested by the authors for use in generating cryptographic keys for high-value or long-term protection.<ref name="linux-man-page" />
A counterpart to {{mono|/dev/random}} is {{mono|/dev/urandom}} ("unlimited"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://repo.or.cz/w/davej-history.git/blob/d0562c8dc:/drivers/char/random.c#l682
| title=/dev/random and /dev/urandom implementation in Linux 1.3.39, function <code>random_read_unlimited</code>
| date=1995-11-04
| access-date=2013-11-21}}</ref>/non-blocking random source<ref name="linux-man-page" />) which reuses the internal pool to produce more pseudo-random bits.
* This means that the call will not block, but the output may contain less entropy than the corresponding read from {{mono|/dev/random}}.
* While {{mono|/dev/urandom}} is still intended as a pseudorandom number generator suitable for most cryptographic purposes, the authors of the corresponding [[man page]] note that, theoretically, there may exist an as-yet-unpublished attack on the algorithm used by {{mono|/dev/urandom}}, and that users concerned about such an attack should use {{mono|/dev/random}} instead.<ref name="linux-man-page" /> However such an attack is unlikely to come into existence, because once the entropy pool is unpredictable it doesn't leak security by a reduced number of bits.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7441-the_plain_simple_reality_of_entropy#video&t=1262|title=The plain simple reality of entropy|author=Filippo Valsorda|date=2015-12-29}}</ref>
It is also possible to write to {{mono|/dev/random}}.
* This allows any user to mix random data into the pool.
* Non-random data is harmless, because only a privileged user can issue the [[ioctl]] needed to increase the entropy estimate.{{Dubious|date=December 2020|reason=This isn't the reason that writing non-random data is harmless. 1.
* The non-random data mixes with the random data in a way that keeps only the randomness, like XOR? That would make it harmless?  2.
* The entropy estimate is not increased when you write to it, according to https://linux.die.net/man/4/urandom, but it DOES affect the output, so that isn't what makes it harmless. 3.
* Only privileged users can update the entropy estimate, which doesn't make it harmless?}} The current amount of entropy and the size of the Linux kernel entropy pool, both measured in bits, are available in {{mono|/proc/sys/kernel/random/}} and can be displayed by the command {{code|cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail}} and {{code|cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize}} respectively.
Gutterman, Pinkas, & Reinman in March 2006 published a detailed cryptographic analysis of the Linux random number generator<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.pinkas.net/PAPERS/gpr06.pdf
| title=Analysis of the Linux Random Number Generator
| first1=Zvi | last1=Gutterman
| first2=Benny | last2 =Pinkas | first3 = Tzachy | last3 =Reinman
| date=2006-03-06
| access-date=2013-07-03
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003041432/http://www.pinkas.net/PAPERS/gpr06.pdf
| archive-date=2008-10-03
| url-status=live}}</ref> in which they describe several weaknesses.
* Perhaps the most severe issue they report is with [[embedded system|embedded]] or [[Live CD]] systems, such as routers and [[diskless node|diskless clients]], for which the bootup state is predictable and the available supply of entropy from the environment may be limited.
* For a system with non-volatile memory, they recommend saving some state from the RNG at shutdown so that it can be included in the RNG state on the next reboot.
* In the case of a router for which network traffic represents the primary available source of entropy, they note that saving state across reboots "would require potential attackers to either eavesdrop on all network traffic" from when the router is first put into service, or obtain direct access to the router's internal state.
* This issue, they note, is particularly critical in the case of a wireless router whose network traffic can be captured from a distance, and which may be using the RNG to generate keys for data encryption.
The Linux kernel provides support for several [[hardware random number generator]]s, should they be installed.
* The raw output of such a device may be obtained from {{mono|/dev/hwrng}}.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Cryptography_Users_Guide
| title=Cryptography Users Guide
| date=2013-06-04
| publisher=[[Texas Instruments]]
| access-date=2013-07-03
| archive-date=2018-04-16
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416073524/http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Cryptography_Users_Guide
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>
With Linux kernel 3.16 and newer,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=be4000bc4644d027c519b6361f5ae3bbfc52c347|title=kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree @ be4000bc4644d027c519b6361f5ae3bbfc52c347 "hwrng: create filler thread"|website=Git.kernel.org|access-date=18 October 2016}}</ref> the kernel itself mixes data from [[hardware random number generator]]s into {{mono|/dev/random}} on a sliding scale based on the definable entropy estimation quality of the HWRNG.
* This means that no userspace daemon, such as {{mono|rngd}} from {{mono|rng-tools}}, is needed to do that job.
* With Linux kernel 3.17+, the VirtIO RNG was modified to have a default quality defined above 0,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34679ec7a0c45da8161507e1f2e1f72749dfd85c|title=kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree @ 34679ec7a0c45da8161507e1f2e1f72749dfd85c "virtio: rng: add derating factor for use by hwrng core"|website=Git.kernel.org|access-date=18 October 2016}}</ref> and as such, is currently the only HWRNG mixed into {{mono|/dev/random}} by default.
The entropy pool can be improved by programs like {{mono|timer_entropyd}}, {{mono|haveged}}, {{mono|randomsound}} etc.  With {{mono|rng-tools}}, [[hardware random number generator]]s like ''Entropy Key, etc.'' can write to {{mono|/dev/random}}.
* The [[diehard tests]] programs {{mono|dieharder}}, {{mono|diehard}} and {{mono|ent}} can test these random number generators.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanheusden.com/te/timer_entropyd-0.1.tgz |title=?? |website=Vanheusden.com |access-date=2016-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054659/http://www.vanheusden.com/te/timer_entropyd-0.1.tgz |archive-date=2013-09-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://code.google.com/p/dieharder/|title=Google Code Archive for dieharder|website=Code.google.com|access-date=18 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stat.fsu.edu/pub/diehard/|title=The Marsaglia Random Number CDROM including the Diehard Battery of Tests of Randomness|website=Stat.fsu.edu|access-date=2016-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125103112/http://stat.fsu.edu/pub/diehard/|archive-date=2016-01-25|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/user/tlecarrour/rng-tools.html|title=rng-tools|website=Gnu.org|access-date=2016-10-23}}</ref>
In January 2014, [[Daniel J.
* Bernstein]] published a critique<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.cr.yp.to/20140205-entropy.html|title=cr.yp.to: 2014.02.05: Entropy Attacks!|author=Daniel J.
* Bernstein|author-link=Daniel J.
* Bernstein|date=2014-02-05}}</ref> of how Linux mixes different sources of entropy.  He outlines an attack in which one source of entropy capable of monitoring the other sources of entropy could modify its output to nullify the randomness of the other sources of entropy.  Consider the function {{tmath|H(x,y,z)}} where ''H'' is a hash function and ''x'', ''y'', and ''z'' are sources of entropy with ''z'' being the output of a CPU based malicious HRNG Z:
#''Z'' generates a random value of ''r''.
#''Z'' computes {{tmath|H(x,y,r)}}.
#If the output of {{tmath|H(x,y,r)}} is equal to the desired value, output ''r'' as ''z''.
#Else, repeat starting at 1.
Bernstein estimated that an attacker would need to repeat {{tmath|H(x,y,r)}} 16 times to compromise DSA and ECDSA.  This is possible because Linux reseeds H on an ongoing basis instead of using a single high quality seed.
In October 2016, with the release of [[Linux kernel]] version 4.8, the kernel's {{mono|/dev/urandom}} was switched over to a [[ChaCha20]]-based [[cryptographic pseudorandom number generator]] (CPRNG) implementation<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=818e607b57c94ade9824dad63a96c2ea6b21baf3 |title=kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree |date=2016-07-27 |publisher=kernel.org |access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> by [[Theodore Ts'o]], based on [[Daniel J.
* Bernstein|Bernstein]]'s well-regarded [[stream cipher]] [[ChaCha20]].
In 2020, the Linux kernel version 5.6 {{mono|/dev/random}} only blocks when the CPRNG hasn't initialized.
* Once initialized, {{mono|/dev/random}} and {{mono|/dev/urandom}} behave the same.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.6-Random-Rework|title=/dev/random Is More Like /dev/urandom With Linux 5.6 - Phoronix|website=www.phoronix.com}}</ref>
== BSD systems ==
The [[FreeBSD]] operating system provides a {{mono|/dev/urandom}} link to {{mono|/dev/random}}.  Both block only until properly seeded.  FreeBSD's PRNG ([[Fortuna (PRNG)|Fortuna]]) reseeds regularly, and does not attempt to estimate entropy.  On a system with small amount of network and disk activity, reseeding is done after a fraction of a second.
Since [[OpenBSD]] 5.1 (May 1, 2012) {{mono|/dev/random}} and {{mono|/dev/arandom}} used an algorithm based on [[RC4]] but renamed to ARC4 because of intellectual property reasons.
* While random number generation here uses system entropy gathered in several ways, the ARC4 algorithm provides a fail-safe, ensuring that a rapid and high quality pseudo-random number stream is provided even when the pool is in a low entropy state.
* The system automatically uses hardware random number generators (such as those provided on some Intel PCI hubs) if they are available, through the [[OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework]].
* As of OpenBSD 5.5 (May 1, 2014), the {{code|arc4random()}} call used for OpenBSD's random devices no longer uses ARC4, but [[ChaCha20]] (''arc4random'' name might be reconsidered as ''A Replacement Call for Random'').<ref>{{man|3|arc4random|OpenBSD}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.c
|title=libc/crypt/arc4random.c
|website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD src/lib/
|editor=deraadt |editor-link=Theo de Raadt |date=2014-07-21 |access-date=2015-01-13
|quote=ChaCha based random number generator for OpenBSD.}}</ref> {{mono|/dev/arandom}} was removed in OpenBSD 6.3 (April 15, 2018).<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/0d60993c06101c0a9e6fb6c3a3302133f1b65f98
|title=src/etc/MAKEDEV.common
|website=GitHub OpenBSD source code mirror src/etc/
|editor=naddy |editor-link=naddy |date=2017-11-14 |access-date=2017-11-14
|quote=/dev/arandom removed from OpenBSD.}}</ref>
[[NetBSD]]'s implementation of the legacy {{code|arc4random()}} API has been switched over to ChaCha20 as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bxr.su/NetBSD/lib/libc/gen/arc4random.c |title=libc/gen/arc4random.c |website=BSD Cross Reference, NetBSD src/lib/ |editor=riastradh |date=2014-11-16 |access-date=2015-01-13 |quote=Legacy arc4random(3) API from OpenBSD reimplemented using the ChaCha20 PRF, with per-thread state.}}</ref>
== macOS, iOS and other Apple OSes ==
All Apple OSes have moved to Fortuna since at least December 2019, possibly earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/security/seca0c73a75b/web|title=Apple Platform Security|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]}}</ref> It is based on [[SHA-256]].  Multiple entropy sources such as the secure enclave RNG, boot phase timing jitter, hardware interrupt (timing assumed) are used.  RDSEED/RDRAND is used on Intel-based Macs that support it.  Seed (entropy) data is also stored for subsequent reboots.
Prior to the change, [[macOS]] and [[iOS]] used 160-bit [[Yarrow algorithm|Yarrow]] based on [[SHA-1]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-1456.1.26/bsd/dev/random/|title=xnu-1456.1.26/bsd/dev/random|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=18 October 2016}}</ref>
There is no difference between {{mono|/dev/random}} and {{mono|/dev/urandom}}; both behave identically.<ref>{{man|4|random|Darwin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/ipad/business/docs/iOS_Security_Oct12.pdf|title=iOS Security|date=October 2012|publisher=[[Apple Inc.]]|access-date=May 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405001141/https://www.apple.com/ipad/business/docs/iOS_Security_Oct12.pdf|archive-date=April 5, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Other operating systems ==
{{mono|/dev/random}} and {{mono|/dev/urandom}} are also available on Solaris,<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/post/solaris-random-number-generation
| title=Solaris Random Number Generation
| first=Darren
| last=Moffat
| work=Oracle Solaris Blog
| date=2013-09-12
| access-date=2022-04-30
}}</ref>
NetBSD,<ref>{{man|4|rnd|NetBSD}}</ref>
Tru64 UNIX 5.1B,<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51B_HTML/MAN/MAN4/0199____.HTM
| title=random(4)
| date=1999-09-19
| access-date=2013-07-03}}</ref> AIX 5.2<ref>{{cite web
|url        = http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.files/doc/aixfiles/random.htm
|title      = random and urandom Devices
|work        = pSeries and AIX Information Center
|date        = 2010-03-15
|access-date  = 2013-07-03
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20210303075907/http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.aix.files%2Fdoc%2Faixfiles%2Frandom.htm
|archive-date = 2021-03-03
|url-status  = dead
}}</ref> and HP-UX 11i v2.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=KRNG11I
| title=HP-UX Strong Random Number Generator
| date=2004-07-23
| access-date=2013-07-03}}</ref> As with FreeBSD, AIX implements its own Yarrow-based design, however AIX uses considerably fewer entropy sources than the standard {{mono|/dev/random}} implementation and stops refilling the pool when it thinks it contains enough entropy.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2003-April/019954.html
| title=AIX 5.2 /dev/random and /dev/urandom devices
| first=Iain | last=Roberts
| date=2003-04-25
| publisher=Lists.gnupg.org
| access-date=2013-07-03
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222144110/http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2003-April/019954.html
| archive-date=2012-02-22
| url-status=live}}</ref>
In [[Windows NT]], similar functionality is delivered by {{mono|ksecdd.sys}}, but reading the special file {{mono|\Device\KsecDD}} does not work as in UNIX.
* The documented methods to generate cryptographically random bytes are [[CryptGenRandom]] and [[RtlGenRandom]].
* Windows [[PowerShell]] provides access to a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator via the {{mono|Get-Random}} cmdlet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Get-Random |author=Microsoft |work=learn.microsoft.com |date= |access-date=11 November 2022 |url= https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/get-random?view=powershell-7.2 }}</ref>
[[Cygwin]] on Windows provides implementations of both {{mono|/dev/random}} and {{mono|/dev/urandom}}, which can be used in scripts and programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/how-does-cygwin's-dev-random-and-urandom-work-903054/#post4493834|title=How does Cygwin's /dev/random and urandom work?|website=www.linuxquestions.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref>
== See also ==
*[[CryptGenRandom]] – The Microsoft Windows API's CSPRNG
*{{mono|[[:/dev]]}}
*[[Entropy-supplying system calls]]
*[[Fortuna (PRNG)|Fortuna algorithm]]
*[[Hardware random number generator]]
*[[Standard streams]]
== External links ==
*{{cite web
|url          = https://github.com/thomasbiege/papers/raw/master/random-device-analysis.pdf
|title        = Analysis of a strong Pseudo Random Number Generator by anatomizing Linux' Random Number Device
|first        = Thomas
|last        = Biege
|website = [[GitHub]]
|date        = 2006-11-06
}}
*{{cite web
| url=http://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/
| title=Myths about /dev/urandom
| year=2014
| first=Thomas
| last=Hühn
}}


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/dev/random - Zeichenorientierte virtuelle Gerätedatei die Zufallszahlen hoher Qualität liefert

Beschreibung

Da für netzwerkorientierte Systeme wie Unix Kryptographie-Dienste und damit Zufallszahlen eine bedeutende Rolle spielen, kommt dieser Datei und dem dahinterstehenden Treiber eine wichtige Bedeutung zu.

Zufallsgenerator sammelt Umgebungsrauschen von Gerätetreibern und anderen Quellen in einem Entropie-„Pool“
  • Der Generator speichert auch eine Abschätzung über die Anzahl der Bits im Entropie-Pool
  • Aus diesem „Pool“ werden die Zufallszahlen generiert
Beim Lesen gibt /dev/random nur solange Zufallszahlen zurück, bis die abgeschätzte Entropiemenge erschöpft ist
  • dann blockieren Lesezugriffe auf /dev/random, bis zusätzliches Umgebungsrauschen erhalten wurde.[1][2] /dev/random sollte ausreichend sein für Anwendungszwecke, die auf eine sehr hohe Qualität der Zufälligkeit angewiesen sind, wie etwa Verschlüsselung (beispielsweise One-Time-Pads oder Schlüsselerzeugung)
  • Aus Geschwindigkeitsgründen wird in der Praxis oft nur der „Seed“ eines Pseudo-Zufallszahlengenerators von /dev/random gelesen (z. B. in OpenSSL, PGP und GnuPG).
Der aktuelle Füllstand des Entropie-Pools lässt sich unter Linux aus der Datei /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail ermitteln.
  • Eine Ausgabe der Datei liefert die verfügbare Entropie in Bit, wobei das Maximum von 4096 Bit einem vollständig gefüllten „Pool“ entspricht.

/dev/urandom

Aus /dev/urandom (unlimited random) können wie aus /dev/random Zufallszahlen gelesen werden.

/dev/urandom blockiert nicht, wenn eine definierte Entropieschwelle unterschritten wird

In diesem Fall kann nicht ganz ausgeschlossen werden, dass es einem Angreifer gelingt, die erzeugten Pseudozufallszahlen im Nachhinein zu berechnen.[3]

Standardisierung

/dev/random (wie auch /dev/urandom) ist weder im Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 2.3 noch in der Single UNIX Specification 3.0 spezifiziert.
  • Der Linux-Kernel stellte 1994 als erstes Betriebssystem ein /dev/random-Gerät bereit, woraufhin andere unixoide Betriebssysteme nachzogen,[4][5] so zum Beispiel FreeBSD 2.2 ab Juni 2000[6] oder Solaris 9 ab 2002.[7]

Implementierungen

In FreeBSD findet ein auf dem Yarrow-Algorithmus basierender Generator Verwendung[8]. AIX verwendet seit AIX 5.2 ebenfalls eine Yarrow-Implementation.[9]

In Linux verhält sich /dev/random seit 2020 wie /dev/urandom, da dessen Zufallszahlen mittlerweile als praktikabel selbst für kryptographische Zwecke angesehen werden.[10]

Verbesserung der Entropie

Über Software lässt sich die Entropie verbessern sowie der Entropie-Pool vergrößern, damit mehr Zufallszahlen zur Verfügung stehen
Mit der GNU-Software rng-tools lassen sich unter Linux und ähnlichen Betriebssystemen physikalische Zufallszahlengeneratoren einbinden.[11]

Anwendung

Siehe auch

  1. /dev/zero

Weblinks

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random