linux-kernel - Fwd: Re: Perfectly Random

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Message-Id: <E1Kq5MB-0001Td-Dn@be1.7eggert.dyndns.org>
Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:20:03 +0200
From:	Bodo Eggert 
	<arcoristkaputtundbrauchtdiesentext.7eggert@...fuerspam.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Glenn Powers <glenn@...ning.com>
Subject: Fwd: Re: Perfectly Random

Glenn Powers <glenn@...ning.com> wrote:

> This is a proposal for a linux kernel module. This module will transfer
> entropy to /dev/random from nuclear decay random number generators.

Transfering randomness to /dev/random should usually be done in userspace.
This allows more complex analysis (like: Is the generator working correctly?).


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