Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:47:44 +0200 (CEST) | From | Marco Colombo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] (0/4) Entropy accounting fixes |
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On 18 Aug 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 05:06, dean gaudet wrote: > > On 17 Aug 2002, Robert Love wrote: > > > > > [1] this is why I wrote my netdev-random patches. some machines just > > > have to take the entropy from the network card... there is nothing > > > else. > > > > many southbridges come with audio these days ... isn't it possible to get > > randomness off the adc even without anything connected to it? > > Both the AMD and Intel bridges also come with high speed random number > generators (i810-rng, amd768-rng). ADC randomness itself tends to be > very suspect.
BTW, I know you wrote the amd768-rng driver, I wonder if you have any indication of how good these rng are. What is the typical output bits/ random bits ratio in normal applications?
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