On Sun, 2019-02-24 at 20:10 +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Hi Philipp,
>
> >FTR this is supposedly fixed on the main architectures featuring an
> RNG
> >in the CPU by linux 4.19.20-1, which enabled RANDOM_TRUST_CPU. Which
> Ben
>
> that’s what I referred to by…
>
> >>• it does not use/add CPU RNG output where present
> >> ‣ though Linux can now do that itself, some command-line flag…
>
> … but that only helps if the CPU has such instructions,
[...]
Indeed, on x86 this requires the RDRAND instruction which Intel
introduced in 2011 (Ivy Bridge core) and AMD only implemented in 2015
(Excavator core).
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption]
would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers.
- Bill Gates
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