Fed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comexternal-link floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • edit-22 years ago message-square125fedilinkarrow-up1529
arrow-up1529external-linkFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.com floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • edit-22 years ago message-square125fedilink
minus-square pingveno ( @pingveno@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoThe fix with any possible issues with rdrand is the same here. When entropy is gathered from many sources including hardware instructions, any nefarious plant in the chip is drowned out in a sea of noise.
minus-square argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI’m no cryptographer, but that seems like an awfully dangerous assumption.
The fix with any possible issues with rdrand is the same here. When entropy is gathered from many sources including hardware instructions, any nefarious plant in the chip is drowned out in a sea of noise.
I’m no cryptographer, but that seems like an awfully dangerous assumption.