Re: [PATCH 1/1] virtio: rng: add derating factor for use by hwrng core

2014-08-12 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 08/11/2014 10:27 PM, Amit Shah wrote: > On (Mon) 11 Aug 2014 [15:11:03], H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> On 08/11/2014 11:49 AM, Amit Shah wrote: >>> The khwrngd thread is started when a hwrng device of sufficient >>> quality is registered. The virtio-rng device is backed by the >>> hypervisor, and we

Re: [PATCH 1/1] virtio: rng: add derating factor for use by hwrng core

2014-08-11 Thread Amit Shah
On (Mon) 11 Aug 2014 [15:11:03], H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 08/11/2014 11:49 AM, Amit Shah wrote: > > The khwrngd thread is started when a hwrng device of sufficient > > quality is registered. The virtio-rng device is backed by the > > hypervisor, and we trust the hypervisor to provide real entrop

Re: [PATCH 1/1] virtio: rng: add derating factor for use by hwrng core

2014-08-11 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 08/11/2014 11:49 AM, Amit Shah wrote: > The khwrngd thread is started when a hwrng device of sufficient > quality is registered. The virtio-rng device is backed by the > hypervisor, and we trust the hypervisor to provide real entropy. A > malicious hypervisor is a scenario that's ruled out, so

[PATCH 1/1] virtio: rng: add derating factor for use by hwrng core

2014-08-11 Thread Amit Shah
The khwrngd thread is started when a hwrng device of sufficient quality is registered. The virtio-rng device is backed by the hypervisor, and we trust the hypervisor to provide real entropy. A malicious hypervisor is a scenario that's ruled out, so we are certain the quality of randomness we rece