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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
Alan Cox wrote:
>> In short, I agree with Alan's IRQF_SAMPLE_DUBIOUS, and know of Linux
>> customers who also want the same.
>
> They should be made to read the Debian ssh security report - three times
> and understand the same would apply to them if something did cause their
> network packet arrivals to be observed or non-random
>
> Far better would be to get your CPU guys to put an RNG back into the
> systems or on the CPU die ala VIA. Given I've even seen people using VIA
> boxes as a random number feeder (streaming random numbers over SSL) there
> is clearly a demand 8)

The Treacherous Platform Module includes an RNG.

Someone (hi Jesse?) should implement support for TPM_GetRandom.

All the specs are public, and the hardware is already in users' hands.

Jeff






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