You have it when you see "Intel 82802 RNG detected" in your dmesg. For AMD and VIA chipsets "AMD768 RNG detected", "VIA RNG detected" respectively. The relevant kernel configuratiion setting is HW_RANDOM.
Ed <http://blog.eonsec.com> On Jan 13, 2008 6:46 PM, Drexx Laggui [personal] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 13Jan2008 (UTC +8) > > On 1/13/08, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Intel chipset motherboards starting with the i810 (and up) have a > > hardware-based entropy generator which uses a hot resistor (or > > equivalent). > > > > The Linux kernel uses this by default if present. I just forgot what > > it's called. > > i810-rng ? Don't know if I have it on my Linux 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 x86_64 > though... > > > Drexx Laggui -- CISA, CISSP, CFE Associate, CCSI, CSA > http://www.laggui.com ( Singapore / Manila / California ) > Computer forensics; Penetration testing; QMS & ISMS developers; K-Transfer > PGP fingerprint = 6E62 A089 E3EA 1B93 BFB4 8363 FFEC 3976 FF31 8A4E > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
