floofloof@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down18
arrow-up1644arrow-down1external-linkFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square188fedilink
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.