Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PIII kernel support- hardware randomizer | Date | Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:45:26 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> interest I have in the PIII and above is the hardware random number > generator (using thermal noise). I have seen discussion of PIII kernel > patches, but not about the random number generator. Does support for
I was under the impression the random number generator is one of the features of the up coming (or ever delaying) 820 chipsets not of the CPU itself.
> IMHO, the hardware random generator might improve cryptography somewhat, > and is the only feature desirable to me that the Althon lacks (AFAIK, > anyway).
The Linux /dev/random is effectively a hardware RNG. It uses entropy data from keyboard timings and other interrupts that depend on your typing timing, the disk timings etc
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