Article 3V39N Linux To Better Protect Entropy Sent In From User-Space

Linux To Better Protect Entropy Sent In From User-Space

by
from Phoronix on (#3V39N)
Fedora has begun utilizing a user-space jitter entropy daemon for feeding entropy to the kernel at boot time in case not enough is available for the kernel's random needs. But with that approach not being from a true hardware random number generator, a patch worked out by veteran Linux kernel developer Ted Ts'o will mix in RdRand entropy...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.phoronix.com/rss.php
Feed Title Phoronix
Feed Link https://www.phoronix.com/
Reply 0 comments