[Cryptech Tech] RAM as source of entropy

[Leif Johansson]

On 2014-02-09 00:32, Steven Bellovin wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2014, at 6:28 PM, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
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>>> https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec08/tech/full_papers/halderman/halderman_html/
>>> might have some data on that.
>> seen anything on SRAM?
> No.
>> i suspect part of what may be going on here is some of us are nervous
>> using memory as an entropy source because of that and other DRAM papers
>> and because it's MEMORY damn it
> Yes, and there can be issues of the operational environment to think of.
>> do we need an entropometer setup?
>>
> Sure, if only it were possible..
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Is it possible to find systematic problems by using correlation (in the
statistical sense) between several DRAM sources? Not something for use
in an operational situation but can it validate the idea?