Re: [cryptography] Enranda: 4MB/s Userspace TRNG

2015-05-27 Thread Russell Leidich
Hi Steve, Yeah, the TSD bit probably should have been set from day one. But it wasn't, so userspace TRNGs are possible. Nonetheless, TSD does not constitute a threat to randomness: it would just result in a CPU privilege violation, followed by shutdown of Enranda. Not good, but certainly not

Re: [cryptography] Enranda: 4MB/s Userspace TRNG

2015-05-27 Thread James A. Donald
On 2015-05-27 22:14, Krisztián Pintér wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Russell Leidich pke...@gmail.com wrote: if your proposed method comes with a complex extractor, it is bullshit OK point well taken. I should offer a raw mode. no, you actually shouldn't. you should offer raw mode