Re: [RFC] AES instead of SHA1 for /dev/urandom

[NeilBrown]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:58:16 +0100 OndÅej BÃlka <neleai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 01:08:26PM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:03:54 +0100 OndÅej BÃlka <neleai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > I consider to speed-up /dev/urandom on recent intel processors by
> > > using hardware aes. Same for accelerated aes crypto.
> > > 
> > > Would you accept a patch if I wrote it?
> > 
> > Have you read  https://lwn.net/Articles/525459  ?
> > 
> Yes
> > In particular the paragraph containing:
> > 
> >    A member of the audience asked why the kernel couldn't just do away with
> >    the existing system and use the HWRNG directly.
> > 
> > Does that answer your question in any way?
> > 
> No as AES is a HWRNG about as much as horse is type of automobile.

Yes, of course.  Thanks.

NeilBrown

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