Re: [PATCH v43 01/15] Linux Random Number Generator

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 05:15:59PM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Am Freitag, 26. November 2021, 16:44:17 CET schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 09:59:01AM -0500, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > > Jason,
> > > have you previously produced a list of reasoned concerns with this
> > > patchset and direction?
> > > 
> > > This specific email is not really useful to me to understand the
> > > concerns as it does not contain actionable suggestion or critique.
> > > 
> > > I personally find the direction fine, and with my distribution hat on I
> > > can say that FIPS is essential for us and any design must include an
> > > option to be FIPS certifiable.
> > > 
> > > As NIST keeps improving their testing capabilities and rigorous
> > > cryptographic design of the CSPRNGs as well as entropy sources the
> > > kernel must also adapt.
> > > 
> > > Stephan is providing a path forward, and I haven't seen any other
> > > proposal, let alone code, that provide improvements in this area.
> > > I am pretty sure the design can be improved if there is detailed and
> > > actionable feedback on what to change.
> > > 
> > > I hope the path forward can be one of collaboration rather then mere
> > > opposition.
> > 
> > Replacement of the existing code to cut over to the new one is not
> > collaboration, it's the exact opposite.
> > 
> > Submitting patches to the existing codebase to implement the
> > "requirements" is the proper way forward, why has that never been done.
> 
> It has been attempted by Nikolai Stange without avail - no comments were 
> received, let alone it was integrated.

Links to the patches and discussion please?

thanks,

greg k-h