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SubjectRe: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM question...
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The real problem one is xen-netfront. Because 1) it is least random,
> the attacker might be another VM 2) the VM is most in need of random
> samples because it doesn't have real hardware.

Agreed.

I'm surprised Xen doesn't use virtio-rng. I guess it needs a special
Xen paravirt driver for randomness.

Jeff




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