6 Sep
2023
6 Sep
'23
2:43 a.m.
Hi everyone, When starting up, I've noticed that syslog-ng hangs on our embedded system when generating the HOSTID. This is because the HOSTID generation uses RAND_bytes (in_create_host_id <https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/blob/66123c955b29298ba6e68cdc77b9a0fdb4aded36/lib/host-id.c#L33>)- which needs entropy (which we don't have enough of, and don't want to generate). The logging is only used locally and there is no need for crypto functionality. Is there a way to avoid generating a cryptographically secure HOSTID on start up? Thank you!