Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM
From: Jeff Garzik <hidden>
Date: 2008-05-15 18:15:25
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From: Jeff Garzik <hidden>
Date: 2008-05-15 18:15:25
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Alan Cox wrote:
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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