Re: USB HID devices not linked to RNG

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This is just an off the wall guess.  Wouldn't such entropy already be
collected at a lower level, like raw usb traffic?

On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am Montag, 7. September 2015, 02:10:16 schrieb Stephan Mueller:
>
> Hi Stephan,
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> While analyzing the entropy sources for the random number generator in
>> drivers/char/random.c, I saw that a USB mouse and a USB keyboard does
>> trigger the add_input_randomness function to be triggered.
>
> I need to reread what I write :-)
>
> I mean that the USB mouse and USB keyboard does *not* trigger the
> add_input_randomness function.
>
>>
>> Is that intended?
>
>
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> Stephan
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