Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 May 2008 14:14:59 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM |
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Alan Cox wrote: >> In short, I agree with Alan's IRQF_SAMPLE_DUBIOUS, and know of Linux >> customers who also want the same. > > They should be made to read the Debian ssh security report - three times > and understand the same would apply to them if something did cause their > network packet arrivals to be observed or non-random > > Far better would be to get your CPU guys to put an RNG back into the > systems or on the CPU die ala VIA. Given I've even seen people using VIA > boxes as a random number feeder (streaming random numbers over SSL) there > is clearly a demand 8)
The Treacherous Platform Module includes an RNG.
Someone (hi Jesse?) should implement support for TPM_GetRandom.
All the specs are public, and the hardware is already in users' hands.
Jeff
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