Isn't the thermal noise a good enough entropy source? I mean, it's a $25 computer, you can't expect much of it.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 8:44 AM, David Johnston <d...@deadhat.com> wrote: > On 7/19/2013 5:44 AM, Peter Gutmann wrote: > >> Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> quotes: >> >> Just came accross this article, apparently showing the bad quality of the >>> hardware RNG in Raspberri Pi devices. >>> >>> http://scruss.com/blog/2013/**06/07/well-that-was-** >>> unexpected-the-raspberry-pis-**hardware-random-number-**generator/<http://scruss.com/blog/2013/06/07/well-that-was-unexpected-the-raspberry-pis-hardware-random-number-generator/> >>> >> That shows the bad quality of RANDU. It shows that the Pi randomness >> source >> seems OK, at least as determined by rngtest. >> >> But I haven't seen anything from the manufacturer to state how OK the > randomness source is. A conservative model for min-entropy based on the > circuit structure would be a start. > > > ______________________________**_________________ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/**mailman/listinfo/cryptography<http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography> > -- mahrud <algorithms.jux-foundation.org/~mahrud/blog>
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