Re: [PATCH] avail of Pentium hardware RNG (at least minimally) on Windoze

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

From: "Penney, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

jason.penney> The new generation of Pentiums coming out on the market
jason.penney> have a genuine (hardware) RNG built into them.
jason.penney> 
jason.penney> On Windows, at least, let the CryptoAPI initialize the
jason.penney> random number generator.  TODO: when the new Pentiums
jason.penney> are widespread, they should be used in place of md_rand
jason.penney> for RNG in all cases...

That sounds fine, but do we know how trustable that RNG is?

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