Re: Linux 5.3-rc8

[Lennart Poettering]

On Di, 17.09.19 23:38, Martin Steigerwald (martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> (I know that it still with /dev/urandom, so if it is using RDRAND now,
> this may indeed be different, but would it then deplete entropy the CPU
> has available and that by default is fed into the Linux crng as well
> (even without trusting it completely)?)

Neither RDRAND nor /dev/urandom know a concept of "depleting
entropy". That concept does not exist for them. It does exist for
/dev/random, but only crazy people use that. systemd does not.

Lennart

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