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

From: Rick Jones
Date: Thu May 15 2008 - 14:52:26 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxx/msg06299.html

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

rick jones
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