From 9e72258cd0d2bbc12cf5d9c60862fdde49af6093 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leif Battermann Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:21:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] added docs --- docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md b/docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md index 0a19c06c48..a5b1f7ad42 100644 --- a/docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md +++ b/docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md @@ -44,3 +44,17 @@ webapp: # ... FEATURE_ENABLE_MEDIA_EMBEDS: "false" ``` + +## Enable extra entropy + +The Wire desktop application uses system-dependent pseudo-random number generators (PRNG) as an internal entropy source when generating cryptographic keys. In certain cases it may be desired to enable externally generated entropy derived from mouse movement. + +To enable additional entropy during client creation add the following to your Helm overrides in `values/wire-server/values.yaml`: + +```yaml +webapp: + # ... + envVars: + # ... + FEATURE_ENABLE_EXTRA_CLIENT_ENTROPY: "true" +``` From e38e63a22dd97b17c6f611b1cbeb2dd563411eea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leif Battermann Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:24:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] changelog --- changelog.d/4-docs/pr-2338 | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 changelog.d/4-docs/pr-2338 diff --git a/changelog.d/4-docs/pr-2338 b/changelog.d/4-docs/pr-2338 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..28e0f92571 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/4-docs/pr-2338 @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Documentation on how to extra entropy in the web app From 3e169dd7810df0573c500f1981a6c1b4eeaeb1da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leif Battermann Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:52:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] updated docs --- docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md b/docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md index a5b1f7ad42..9907160512 100644 --- a/docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md +++ b/docs/src/how-to/install/web-app-settings.md @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ webapp: ## Enable extra entropy -The Wire desktop application uses system-dependent pseudo-random number generators (PRNG) as an internal entropy source when generating cryptographic keys. In certain cases it may be desired to enable externally generated entropy derived from mouse movement. +The Wire desktop application uses system-dependent source of random bits as an internal entropy source when generating cryptographic keys. In certain cases it may be desired to enable externally generated entropy derived from mouse movement. To enable additional entropy during client creation add the following to your Helm overrides in `values/wire-server/values.yaml`: