Thread (68 messages) 68 messages, 19 authors, 2008-05-30

Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM

From: Rick Jones <hidden>
Date: 2008-05-15 18:52:25
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Jeff Garzik wrote:

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.
I will not pretend to understand everything mentioned, but having web 
searched on "TPM RNG" I came across this:

http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg06299.html

which may either encourage or discourage depending on one's point of view.

rick jones
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