Re: Entropy sources (was: /dev/random - a new approach)

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 5:30 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > The network stack is a good source of entropy, *once it is online*. > However, the most serious case is while the machine is still booting, > when the network will not have enabled yet. > > -hpa One possible

Re: Entropy sources (was: /dev/random - a new approach)

On 08/20/16 22:37, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> >> The biggest problem there is that the timer interrupt adds *no* entropy >> unless there is a source of asynchronicity in the system. On PCs, >> traditionally the timer has been run from a completely different crystal >> (14.31818 MHz) than the CPU,