From: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
To: "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" <ahferroin7@gmail.com>
Cc: "Tomas Mraz" <tmraz@redhat.com>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
"David Jaša" <djasa@redhat.com>,
"Andi Kleen" <andi@firstfloor.org>,
sandyinchina@gmail.com,
"Jason Cooper" <cryptography@lakedaemon.net>,
"John Denker" <jsd@av8n.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>,
"Joe Perches" <joe@perches.com>, "Pavel Machek" <pavel@ucw.cz>,
"George Spelvin" <linux@horizon.com>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] /dev/random - a new approach
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 19:23:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6038462.HIH9pGNYO7@positron.chronox.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e70c9e01-5e48-a26a-d485-ca512c111cbc@gmail.com>
Am Dienstag, 21. Juni 2016, 13:18:33 schrieb Austin S. Hemmelgarn:
Hi Austin,
> > You have to trust the host for anything, not just for the entropy in
> > timings. This is completely invalid argument unless you can present a
> > method that one guest can manipulate timings in other guest in such a
> > way that _removes_ the inherent entropy from the host.
>
> When dealing with almost any type 2 hypervisor, it is fully possible for
> a user other than the one running the hypervisor to manipulate
> scheduling such that entropy is reduced. This does not imply that the
Please re-read the document: Jitter RNG does not rest on scheduling.
Ciao
Stephan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-21 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-31 18:37 [PATCH v4 0/5] /dev/random - a new approach Stephan Mueller
2016-05-31 18:37 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Mueller
2016-05-31 18:38 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] random: conditionally compile code depending on LRNG Stephan Mueller
2016-05-31 18:39 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] crypto: Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Mueller
2016-05-31 18:39 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] crypto: LRNG - enable compile Stephan Mueller
2016-05-31 18:39 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] random: add interrupt callback to VMBus IRQ handler Stephan Mueller
2016-05-31 22:34 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] /dev/random - a new approach George Spelvin
2016-06-15 16:17 ` David Jaša
2016-06-15 16:58 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-17 13:56 ` David Jaša
2016-06-17 15:26 ` Sandy Harris
2016-06-18 8:22 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-18 8:21 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-18 14:44 ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-06-18 16:31 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-20 17:07 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-06-20 18:32 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-21 13:05 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-06-21 13:19 ` Tomas Mraz
2016-06-21 17:18 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-06-21 17:23 ` Stephan Mueller [this message]
2016-06-21 17:54 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-06-21 18:05 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-21 13:20 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-21 17:51 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-06-21 18:04 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-21 19:31 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-06-22 5:16 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-22 12:54 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-06-22 13:25 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-21 13:42 ` Pavel Machek
2016-06-21 17:17 ` Austin S. Hemmelgarn
2016-06-21 12:25 ` David Jaša
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