Explore options to provide entropy from within UVM

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, go
Domain
operating-systems, security

Research direction

Start by reading init/init.c around lines 264-300 and the linked hcsshim-to-gcs entropy path. Explore and compare alternative ways to provide entropy from within the guest, then document a viable direction and its implications; the issue does not name tests or a more specific entry point.

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Description

Currently the entropy provided by hcsshim to gcs via an hvscok https://github.com/microsoft/hcsshim/blob/master/init/init.c#L264-L300, we should explore alternative means of getting entropy from within the guest.

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