Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 01:07:01 +0100 (CET) From: Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> To: Shanon Fernald <sfernald@epicor.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hardware random number generator Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0011070105280.11933-100000@husten.security.at12.de> In-Reply-To: <454E2EA86391D21191830008C75D2EDC58F58C@exchange-corp.platsoft.com>
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On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Shanon Fernald wrote: > Actually, pretty much answered my own question doing a little research on > the web. Intel has a hardware random number generator in their 8xx series > motherboards (810, 815, etc). It's supposed to be a pretty solid number > generator. Looks like the specs to access it are out there too. Does anybody > know if freebsd supports the intel RNG? [...shuffling through old emails...] I recall a quick thread from phk on -hackers in August or so about generating "*real* random bits" where Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG> said he basically had a working driver for this and just needed to be implemented with markm's work. Maybe check the archives...? -Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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