The Intel Random Number Generator driver is released for testing and
review at
http://gtf.org/garzik/drivers/i810_rng/
It is a driver which supports the thermal noise sensor built into the
firmware hub on many Intel i8xx-based motherboards. Two modes of
operation are supported: character device, which simply output raw RNG
data via the read() syscall, and timer function, which injects entropy
directly into the randomness pool after passing a fitness test.
It needs testing b/c I don't have any i8xx hardware (anybody wanna send
me a board?), and it needs review b/c I am not a security guru like
tytso or Solar Designer. :)
Questions and comments welcome... there isn't much in the way of
documentation, you're pretty much stuck with the comment at the
beginning of the source code. But it's a simple driver.
Jeff
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