Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:16:12 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11) |
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folkert@vanheusden.com wrote: >>>pool. The consensus was that the FIPS testing should be moved to userspace. >> >>Consensus from whom? And who says the FIPS testing is useful anyways? >>I think you just need to trust the random generator, it is like >>you need to trust any other piece of hardware in your machine. Or do you >>check regularly if you mov instruction still works? @) > > > For joe-user imho it's better to do a check from a cronjob once a day. But for
That would not catch the hardware failures seen in the field, in the past.
Jeff
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