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Commit 3e88bdff authored by Theodore Ts'o's avatar Theodore Ts'o Committed by H. Peter Anvin
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random: Use arch-specific RNG to initialize the entropy store



If there is an architecture-specific random number generator (such as
RDRAND for Intel architectures), use it to initialize /dev/random's
entropy stores.  Even in the worst case, if RDRAND is something like
AES(NSA_KEY, counter++), it won't hurt, and it will definitely help
against any other adversaries.

Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1324589281-31931-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu


Signed-off-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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