3.17 merge window part 1
3.17 merge window part 1
Posted Aug 7, 2014 10:27 UTC (Thu) by intgr (subscriber, #39733)In reply to: 3.17 merge window part 1 by Thue
Parent article: 3.17 merge window part 1
Not really. SP800-90A defines 4 different random number generators, only one of them is the backdoored one. The other 3 have been implemented in Linux.
See https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...
> All three viable DRBGs defined in the standard are implemented:
> * HMAC: This is the leanest DRBG and compiled per default
> * Hash: The more complex DRBG can be enabled at compile time
> * CTR: The most complex DRBG can also be enabled at compile time