[ale] random number generators

[dev null zero two]

http://www.chronox.de/lrng.html

you could use a strong DRBG such that you don't drain the Linux pool..

what version of Linux are you using?

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 4:48 PM dev null zero two <dev.null.02 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The high-level design description can produce entropy and they expect 7.8
> bits of entropy per byte.. this is likely nonsense, doesn’t seem worth
> $40...
>
> I assume you're using /dev/random (blocking interface) and not
> /dev/urandom (non-blocking interface) ?
>
> do you have access to a modern Intel CPU with RDSEED instruction? that is
> a HW-based RNG with some claimable output entropy rate
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 4:31 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> When the entropy pool gets low and all 200TB are encrypted, writes can
>> slow down.
>>
>> Looking at at hardware RNG devices. Found one that looks really cool,
>> open, all the right buttons http://onerng.info/
>>
>> Anybody used something like this?
>>
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