[$] A RDRAND followup
Date:
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:53:19 +0000
Description:
In a recent episode, " Pitchforks for RDSEED ",
we learned that there was some uncertainty around whether hardware-based random-number generators on x86 CPUs could fail. Since the consequences of failure in some situations (confidential-computing applications in
particular) can be catastrophic, there was some concern about this prospect
and what to do about it. Since then, the situation has come a bit more
into focus, and there would appear to be an agreed-upon plan for changes to
be made to the kernel.
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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/963281/
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