floofloof@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down13
arrow-up1389arrow-down1external-linkFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt could be only mostly firmware, with a hardware RNG. If not, and it uses a CSPRNG, then I don’t see much point in using it at all. Linux already has its own CSPRNG.
It could be only mostly firmware, with a hardware RNG.
If not, and it uses a CSPRNG, then I don’t see much point in using it at all. Linux already has its own CSPRNG.