[5614] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: linux-ipsec: Intel IPSEC accelerator gives 3DES protected 100Mbit Ethernet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William H. Geiger III)
Thu Sep 16 15:31:44 1999
Message-Id: <199909161550.LAA07041@domains.invweb.net>
From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:41:14 -0500
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
In-Reply-To: <199909161424.KAA05479@domains.invweb.net>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net, perry@piermont.com
In <199909161424.KAA05479@domains.invweb.net>, on 09/16/99
at 09:20 AM, "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net> said:
>As for their RNG hardware, Paul Kocher was invited to look inside the
>Kimono and has published a full report on it, and he didn't find anything
>odd... --Perry]
I read the report and I was less than impressed. They did not even bother
to test the RNG but was provided with data and design specs from Intel.
There has been considerable discusion on this topic on the CP list. I am
not willing to blindly trust Intel even if Paul and others are.
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