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Subject: Re: [PATCH v31 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full
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Hi!

> The following patch set provides a different approach to /dev/random which is called 
> Linux Random Number Generator (LRNG) to collect entropy within the Linux kernel. The 
> main improvements compared to the existing /dev/random is to provide sufficient entropy 
> during boot time as well as in virtual environments and when using SSDs. A secondary 
> design goal is to limit the impact of the entropy collection on massive parallel systems 
> and also allow the use accelerated cryptographic primitives. Also, all steps of the 
> entropic data processing are testable.

That sounds good.. maybe too good. Where does LRNG get the entropy? That is the
part that should be carefully documented..

									Pavel
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