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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
    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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