linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] random, Add user configurable get_bytes

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Message-ID: <20130912174047.GB3809@logfs.org>
Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:40:48 -0400
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random, Add user configurable get_bytes_random()

On Fri, 6 September 2013 09:57:31 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> according to its specifications.  But a HWRNG is by definition
> something that can't be tested.  Statistical tests are not sufficient
> to prove that the HWRNG has not been gimmicked.

And just to prove your point even more:
http://people.umass.edu/gbecker/BeckerChes13.pdf

Jörn

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