Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:55:08 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Intel 810 Random Number Generator |
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Gregory Maxwell wrote: > Thats beyond paranoia. > The source mentions a malicious attacker, but if such an attacker has > control of the thermal generator in your system you have bigger problems.
;-) As I said it comes down to whether you trust Intel or not.
Controlling a thermal signature might be difficult, but making a backdoor at the chipset or even BIOS level is more feasible.
Paranoid yes, but it pays to be overparanoid when dealing /dev/random and similar
Jeff
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