Am Dienstag, 21. Juni 2016, 13:18:33 schrieb Austin S. Hemmelgarn:

Hi Austin,

> > You have to trust the host for anything, not just for the entropy in
> > timings. This is completely invalid argument unless you can present a
> > method that one guest can manipulate timings in other guest in such a
> > way that _removes_ the inherent entropy from the host.
> 
> When dealing with almost any type 2 hypervisor, it is fully possible for
> a user other than the one running the hypervisor to manipulate
> scheduling such that entropy is reduced.  This does not imply that the

Please re-read the document: Jitter RNG does not rest on scheduling.


Ciao
Stephan
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