Re: [PATCH]: fix repetition test for hardware RNG to be FIPS compliant (v2)

2009-09-15 Thread Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
* Neil Horman | 2009-09-14 12:30:43 [-0400]: Ok, version 2 of the patch, taking comments into account looks good. Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-crypto in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at

Re: [PATCH]: fix repetition test for hardware RNG to be FIPS compliant (v2)

2009-09-14 Thread Neil Horman
Ok, version 2 of the patch, taking comments into account To be fips compliant, RNGs need to preform a continuous test on their output. Specifically the requirement is that the first block of random data generated in an RNG be saved to see the comparison test, and never returned to the caller.

Re: [PATCH]: fix repetition test for hardware RNG to be FIPS compliant

2009-09-13 Thread Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
* Neil Horman | 2009-09-12 12:44:11 [-0400]: diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index d8a9255..6700248 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -399,6 +399,12 @@ module_param(debug, bool, 0644); * storing entropy in an entropy pool. *