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 -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
