Re: Use of TPM chip for RNG?

2006-07-03 Thread Leichter, Jerry
| > A few weeks ago I asked for information on using the increasingly | > prevalent built-in TPM chips in computers (especially laptops) as a | > random number source. I got some good advice and want to summarize the | > information for the benefit of others. | | Thanks for the useful summary! F

Re: Use of TPM chip for RNG?

2006-07-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Hal Finney") writes: >A few weeks ago I asked for information on using the increasingly prevalent >built-in TPM chips in computers (especially laptops) as a random number >source. You have to be pretty careful here. Most of the TPM chips are just rebadged smart cards, and the