linux-kernel - Re: [DISCUSSION PATCH 00/41] random: possible ways towards NIST SP800-90B compliance

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Message-ID: <20200922194849.12d2c8ae@blackhole.lan>
Date:   Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:48:49 +0200
From:   Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>,
        "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>,
        "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
        Vito Caputo <vcaputo@...garu.com>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Ray Strode <rstrode@...hat.com>,
        William Jon McCann <mccann@....edu>,
        zhangjs <zachary@...shancloud.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>,
        Peter Matthias <matthias.peter@....bund.de>,
        Marcelo Henrique Cerri <marcelo.cerri@...onical.com>,
        Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Andy Lavr <andy.lavr@...il.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [DISCUSSION PATCH 00/41] random: possible ways towards NIST
 SP800-90B compliance

On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:21:52 +0200
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 03:23:44PM +0200, Torsten Duwe wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:40:37AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> > > Am Montag, 21. September 2020, 09:58:16 CEST schrieb Nicolai
> > > Stange:
> > > 
> > > > - people dislike the approach of having two competing
> > > > implementations for what is basically the same functionality in
> > > > the kernel.
> > > 
> > > Is this really so bad considering the security implications on
> > > this topic? We also have multiple file systems, multiple memory
> > > allocators, etc...
> > 
> > Exactly. I thought Linux was about the freedom of choice.
> 
> http://www.islinuxaboutchoice.com/
> 
> :)

Talk is cheap.

gzip -dc /proc/config.gz | wc -l
9789

:-P
	Torsten