* Neil Horman | 2009-09-14 12:30:43 [-0400]:
Ok, version 2 of the patch, taking comments into account
looks good.
Sebastian
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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.
* 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.
*