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bogus random entropy sources

bogus random entropy sources

Posted Oct 7, 2010 14:34 UTC (Thu) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955)
In reply to: bogus random entropy sources by nix
Parent article: Solid-state storage devices and the block layer

Most network controllers now implement interrupt moderation (deferring interrupts so that multiple packets can be handled at once). With a high enough packet rate, they will interrupt at regular and predictable intervals.


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