floofloof@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down17
arrow-up1637arrow-down1external-linkFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square189fedilink
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWell, it’s an fTPM, aka software, and AFAIK, no software can truly have a random RNG. So it might be very good pseudo random at best.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt could be only mostly firmware, with a hardware RNG. If not, and it uses a CSPRNG, then I don’t see much point in using it at all. Linux already has its own CSPRNG.
Well, it’s an fTPM, aka software, and AFAIK, no software can truly have a random RNG.
So it might be very good pseudo random at best.
It could be only mostly firmware, with a hardware RNG.
If not, and it uses a CSPRNG, then I don’t see much point in using it at all. Linux already has its own CSPRNG.