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Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach

From Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach
Date 2016-04-22 05:00 +0200
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I still have a massive problem with the claims that the "Jitter" RNG
provides any amount of entropy.  Just because you and I might not be
able to analyze it doesn't mean that somebody else couldn't.  After
all, DUAL-EC DRNG was very complicated and hard to analyze.  So would
be something like

   AES(NSA_KEY, COUNTER++)

Very hard to analyze indeed.  Shall we run statistical tests?  They'll
pass with flying colors.

Secure?  Not so much.

					- Ted

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[RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-21 11:30 +0200
  [PATCH 4/6] crypto: LRNG - enable compile Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-21 11:30 +0200
  [PATCH 5/6] crypto: LRNG - hook LRNG into interrupt handler Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-21 11:30 +0200
  [PATCH 1/6] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-21 11:30 +0200
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-21 15:10 +0200
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> - 2016-04-21 15:10 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-21 17:20 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> - 2016-04-25 10:00 +0200
        Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-25 10:10 +0200
          Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> - 2016-04-25 10:30 +0200
            Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2016-04-26 03:20 +0200
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2016-04-22 05:00 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-22 07:10 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com> - 2016-04-22 15:20 +0200
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2016-04-24 17:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-24 19:40 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2016-04-24 23:30 +0200
        Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-04-25 07:20 +0200

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