[Cryptech Tech] Avalanche noise test boards

Joachim Strömbergson joachim at secworks.se
Tue Aug 19 12:35:02 UTC 2014


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Aloha!

Peter Gutmann wrote:
> You may then run into the problems that Intel ran into with RDRAND,
> that they didn't want to make the raw entropy output available
> because J.Random Geek would run Diehard on it and declare it broken,
> and then instead everyone claimed they were trying to hide something.
> So no matter what you do, someone will complain.

We deal with that problem when it happens. For us it is more important
to make it possible to test all aspects of the complete RNG - from each
entropy source and through the chain.

- -- 
Med vänlig hälsning, Yours

Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.
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 Joachim Strömbergson          Secworks AB          joachim at secworks.se
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