Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: use of add_interrupt_randomness in drivers missing in many drivers | Date | Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:29:54 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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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 > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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