Re: [PATCH] random, Add user configurable get_bytes_random()

From: JÃrn Engel
Date: Thu Sep 12 2013 - 15:15:34 EST


On Fri, 6 September 2013 09:57:31 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> according to its specifications. But a HWRNG is by definition
> something that can't be tested. Statistical tests are not sufficient
> to prove that the HWRNG has not been gimmicked.

And just to prove your point even more:
http://people.umass.edu/gbecker/BeckerChes13.pdf

JÃrn

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