Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11) | | From | Evgeniy Polyakov <> | | Date | Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:38:16 +0300 |
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On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 02:19 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > > Noone will complain on Linux if NIC is broken and produces wrong > > checksum > > and HW checksum offloading is enabled using ethtools. > > > Actually, that is a problem and people have definitely complained about > it in the past.
And what they were recommended to do? :) I believe not changing drivers and stack, but only disable it using ethtool.
And people of course should be able to turn kernlspace <-> kernelspace RNG dataflow off if they fill it is insecure.
> Jeff > -- Evgeniy Polyakov
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