floofloof ( floofloof@lemmy.ca ) to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 years agoFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up1529
arrow-up1529external-linkFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comfloofloof ( floofloof@lemmy.ca ) to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 years agomessage-square124linkfedilink
minus-squareMystikIncarnate ( MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoWell, it’s an fTPM, aka software, and AFAIK, no software can truly have a random RNG. So it might be very good pseudo random at best.
minus-squareargv_minus_one ( argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) BannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoIt could be only mostly firmware, with a hardware RNG. If not, and it uses a CSPRNG, then I don’t see much point in using it at all. Linux already has its own CSPRNG.
Well, it’s an fTPM, aka software, and AFAIK, no software can truly have a random RNG.
So it might be very good pseudo random at best.
It could be only mostly firmware, with a hardware RNG.
If not, and it uses a CSPRNG, then I don’t see much point in using it at all. Linux already has its own CSPRNG.