The following code in JssSubsystem seeds a PK11SecureRandom object with random bytes obtained from /dev/urandom (see https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/blob/master/base/server/cmscore/src/com/netscape/cmscore/security/JssSubsystem.java#L258):
byte[] b = ... random bytes from /dev/urandom ... PK11SecureRandom sr = new PK11SecureRandom(); sr.setSeed(b);
This code is only used in KRA. Further investigation is needed to determine the purpose of this code. If it turns out to be unnecessary the code should be removed.
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See also https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254334#c22.
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