Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755644AbXLHUsw (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:48:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752884AbXLHUsn (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:48:43 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:43345 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753140AbXLHUsm (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:48:42 -0500 Message-ID: <475B02EC.4080200@garzik.org> Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:47:40 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Theodore Tso , Matt Mackall , Mike McGrath , Jon Masters , Alan Cox , Ray Lee , Adrian Bunk , Marc Haber , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hmh@debian.org Subject: Re: entropy gathering (was Re: Why does reading from /dev/urandom deplete entropy so much?) References: <4756B50B.3060100@redhat.com> <20071205144934.GL7259@thunk.org> <1197099477.20786.149.camel@perihelion> <20071208173204.GI17037@thunk.org> <475AD585.7020908@redhat.com> <20071208174908.GJ17037@thunk.org> <20071208181525.GL19691@waste.org> <475AF241.5000809@garzik.org> <20071208195342.GO19691@waste.org> <475AF8D0.1090407@garzik.org> <20071208203121.GP17037@thunk.org> In-Reply-To: <20071208203121.GP17037@thunk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1218 Lines: 30 Theodore Tso wrote: > I think the userspace config problems were mainly due to the fact that > there wasn't a single official userspace utility package for the > random number package. Comments in drivers/char/random.c for how to > set up /etc/init.d/random is Just Not Enough. Absolutely. > If we had a single, official random number generator package that > contained the configuration, init.d script, as well as the daemon that > can do all sorts of different things that you really, Really, REALLY > want to do in userspace, including: > > * FIPS testing (as Jeff suggested --- making sure what you think is > randomness isn't 60Hz hum is a Really Good Idea :-) > * access to TPM (if available --- I have a vague memory that you may > need access to the TPM key to access any of its functions, and the > the TPM key is stored in the filesystem) +1 agreed (not volunteering, but I will cheer on the hearty soul who undertakes this endeavor...) -- 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/