Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754578Ab3ILTPb (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:15:31 -0400 Received: from longford.logfs.org ([213.229.74.203]:60199 "EHLO longford.logfs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753028Ab3ILTPa (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:15:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:40:48 -0400 From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel To: "Theodore Ts'o" Cc: Prarit Bhargava , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] random, Add user configurable get_bytes_random() Message-ID: <20130912174047.GB3809@logfs.org> References: <1378383524-27983-1-git-send-email-prarit@redhat.com> <20130905144818.GA23661@thunk.org> <52289E6C.8090301@redhat.com> <20130905190334.GC23661@thunk.org> <20130905194907.GE23661@thunk.org> <5229C5D4.5070600@redhat.com> <20130906135731.GA1249@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20130906135731.GA1249@thunk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 654 Lines: 18 On Fri, 6 September 2013 09:57:31 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > according to its specifications. But a HWRNG is by definition > something that can't be tested. Statistical tests are not sufficient > to prove that the HWRNG has not been gimmicked. And just to prove your point even more: http://people.umass.edu/gbecker/BeckerChes13.pdf Jörn -- ...one more straw can't possibly matter... -- Kirby Bakken -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/