On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:14 AM, Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> This patch adds the ability to register templates for RNGs. RNGs are >> "meta" mechanisms using raw cipher primitives. Thus, RNGs can now be >> implemented as templates to allow the complete flexibility the kernel >> crypto API provides. I do not see why this might be desirable, let alone necessary. Security-critical code should be kept as simple as possible. Don't we need just one good RNG? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
