[Cryptech Tech] Some measurement results for FPGA with avalanche entropy source

[Joachim Strömbergson]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256

Aloha!

Bernd Paysan wrote:
> Sure, but there is still the open question how to convince others
> that the entropy is "good". Chacha's output certainly will pass
> dieharder, but it will do so without any entropy.
> 
> Therefore, the goal should be that with some simple circuitry, the
> noise sources should be converted into "pure" entropy, i.e. something
> that passes dieharder without cryptographic primitives.  For the
> avalance diodes, the von Neumann extractor works; for the ring
> oscillators, we need something else.

Yes, totally agree that we need to be able to convince people that the
noise sources works and the entropy is good. And I'm still planning to
allow access to raw noise, entropy, processed entropy besides the output
from the CSPRNG.

- -- 
Med vänlig hälsning, Yours

Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.
========================================================================
 Joachim Strömbergson          Secworks AB          joachim at secworks.se
========================================================================
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin)
Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
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=x+xT
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----