Messages in this thread | | | From | Jeffrey Walton <> | Date | Wed, 18 Jul 2018 02:46:55 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] random: add a config option to trust the CPU's hwrng |
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:43 PM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote: > This gives the user building their own kernel (or a Linux > distribution) the option of deciding whether or not to trust the CPU's > hardware random number generator (e.g., RDRAND for x86 CPU's) as being > correctly implemented and not having a back door introduced (perhaps > courtesy of a Nation State's law enforcement or intelligence > agencies).
+1.
Allowing the user to set local policy is a good idea. Thanks for that.
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