On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Controlling a thermal signature might be difficult, but making a
> backdoor at the chipset or even BIOS level is more feasible.
If you are able to fudge the BIOS or chipset then you can do a lot
better than messing with a RNG's output, especially one that is going
to be stirred with other entropy sources.
-d
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