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Date:   Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:21:52 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [DISCUSSION PATCH 00/41] random: possible ways towards NIST
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 03:23:44PM +0200, Torsten Duwe wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:40:37AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> > Am Montag, 21. September 2020, 09:58:16 CEST schrieb Nicolai Stange:
> > 
> > > - people dislike the approach of having two competing implementations for
> > >   what is basically the same functionality in the kernel.
> > 
> > Is this really so bad considering the security implications on this topic? We 
> > also have multiple file systems, multiple memory allocators, etc...
> 
> Exactly. I thought Linux was about the freedom of choice.

http://www.islinuxaboutchoice.com/

:)