Re: [PATCH][RFC] Tests on 200 different CPUs/Arches and OSes with CPU Jitter RNG

2013-08-19 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Sonntag, 18. August 2013, 20:05:52 schrieb Stephan Mueller: Hi Ted, Sandy, For FIPS 140-2, there is currently a draft of an Implementation Guidance discussed covering the requirements of seed sources for deterministic random number generators. The standard seed source when having no hardwar

[PATCH][RFC] Tests on 200 different CPUs/Arches and OSes with CPU Jitter RNG

2013-08-18 Thread Stephan Mueller
Hi Sandy, Ted, (this is a reply to [3]) I prepared a new release of the CPU Jitter RNG available at [1]. The core of the RNG remains unchanged. However, there are the following changes: - addition of a patch to integrate the RNG into /dev/random as explained in appendix B.3 of [2], although t