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From: Benjamin Kaduk via openssl-dev [mailto:openssl-dev@openssl.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 9:22 PM To: openssl-dev@openssl.org; Paul Dale <paul.d...@oracle.com> Subject: Re: [openssl-dev] Work on a new RNG for OpenSSL On 06/27/2017 07:24 PM, Paul Dale wrote: The hierarchy of RNGs will overcome some of the performance concerns. Only the root needs to call getrandom(). I do agree that having a DRBG at the root level is a good idea though. Just to check my understanding, the claim is that adding more layers of hashing and/or encryption will still be faster than a larger number of syscalls? -Ben
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