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SubjectRe: [Security] [patch] random: make get_random_int() more random
On Sat, 16 May 2009 09:28:16 -0500
"Michael S. Zick" <lkml@morethan.org> wrote:
>
> Still getting kernel messages that there isn't a test for the rng - -
> One (of many) ways to test the quality is to submit a bit string
> sample to the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm; perhaps from repeated calls
> to the generation function (it depends on your desired confidence
> level).
>

or we bite the bullet and implement the Fortuna PRNG algorithm
and feed it as much as we can, rather than caring if any if the sources
is not 100.000% perfect.

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