Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 May 2009 07:57:46 -0700 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [Security] [patch] random: make get_random_int() more random |
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On Sat, 16 May 2009 09:28:16 -0500 "Michael S. Zick" <lkml@morethan.org> wrote: > > Still getting kernel messages that there isn't a test for the rng - - > One (of many) ways to test the quality is to submit a bit string > sample to the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm; perhaps from repeated calls > to the generation function (it depends on your desired confidence > level). >
or we bite the bullet and implement the Fortuna PRNG algorithm and feed it as much as we can, rather than caring if any if the sources is not 100.000% perfect.
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