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SubjectRe: use of add_interrupt_randomness in drivers missing in many drivers
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> On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 05:20:43PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > The only thing needed is to add the SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag to request_irq
> > > in the drivers.
> > >
> > > If nobody objects, I'll submit a patch that adds this to network drivers.
> >
> > Network timing is controllable remotely
>
> Read Bruce Schneier's paper on the design of the Yarrow PRNG. You *can* use
> network timings as an entropy source if your PRNG is designed to prevent a
> source from being able to effect a compromise.
>
> Mordy
>
> >
> > Alan
> >
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