update entropy info; fixes #2510
Costa Tsaousis (ktsaou) committed
Sep 16, 2017 at 19:21 UTC
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web/dashboard_info.js
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@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ netdataDashboard.context = {
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'system.entropy': {
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colors: '#CC22AA',
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- info: '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(computing)" target="_blank">Entropy</a>, is like a pool of random numbers (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random" target="_blank">/dev/random</a>) that are mainly used in cryptography. It is advised that the pool remains always <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/ensuring-randomness-with-linuxs-random-number-generator/" target="_blank">above 200</a>. If the pool of entropy gets empty, you risk your security to be predictable and you should install a user-space random numbers generating daemon, like <code>haveged</code> or <code>rng-tools</code> (i.e. <b>rngd</b>), to keep the pool in healthy levels.'
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+ info: '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(computing)" target="_blank">Entropy</a>, is a pool of random numbers (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random" target="_blank">/dev/random</a>) that is mainly used in cryptography. If the pool of entropy gets empty, processes requiring random numbers may run a lot slower (it depends on the interface each program uses), waiting for the pool to be replenished. Ideally a system with high entropy demands should have a hardware device for that purpose (TPM is one such device). There are also several software-only options you may install, like <code>haveged</code>, although these are generally useful only in servers.'
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},
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'system.forks': {
web/index.html
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});
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NETDATA.requiredJs.push({
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- url: NETDATA.serverDefault + 'dashboard_info.js?v20170913-9',
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+ url: NETDATA.serverDefault + 'dashboard_info.js?v20170916-1',
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async: false,
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isAlreadyLoaded: function() { return false; }
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});