Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy(2.6.11)

[Jeff Garzik]

folkert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > pool.  The consensus was that the FIPS testing should be moved to userspace.
> >
> > Consensus from whom? And who says the FIPS testing is useful anyways?
> > I think you just need to trust the random generator, it is like
> > you need to trust any other piece of hardware in your machine. Or do you 
> > check regularly if you mov instruction still works? @)
>
>
> For joe-user imho it's better to do a check from a cronjob once a day. But for

That would not catch the hardware failures seen in the field, in the past.

	Jeff



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