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

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Date:   Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:21:52 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>
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>,
        Roman Drahtmueller <draht@...altsekun.de>,
        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, 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/

:)