[117653] in Cypherpunks
Re: Build a better OTP?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Wed Sep 8 02:24:52 1999
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 08:09:33 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199909080609.IAA15289@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
>> ...this shouldn't be a "Windows vs. Linux" issue at all!
> Right, it's not; it's a binary-API issue. The Linux community
> will not accept a binary API. They want to see source...
*Sigh*
Let me repeat: "this shouldn't be a "Windows vs. Linux" issue at all!"
My point was that it's bad engineering practice for Intel to design a
hardware RNG that requires an OS-specific API. If they (legitimately)
want to protect their IP, they should implement the whitening in
microcode, and decouple the RNG entirely from the operating system.
