[Cryptech Tech] Suggested changes to TRNG

Joachim Strömbergson joachim at secworks.se
Tue Oct 6 06:36:35 UTC 2015


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Aloha!

Basil Dolmatov wrote:
> How one can be sure that this is enough?

Dunno. I try to burn a bunch of cycles without delaying start too much.
I'm more than happy to hear suggestions on (1) a reasonable warmup time.
(2) assess that it is enough.

> Warmup delay is a possible solution to give system _some_ time to
> start, but should not be the only reason to consider entropy output
> as usable. Tests should be performed to make sure that the output has
> good quality and can be used.

Yes, of course. I'm fairly certain I've been very clear that TRNGv2 will
support monitoring which includes both online and startup.

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