Random numbers from CPU execution time jitter
Random numbers from CPU execution time jitter
Posted Apr 30, 2015 11:39 UTC (Thu) by ortalo (guest, #4654)In reply to: Random numbers from CPU execution time jitter by alonz
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And I suppose any sane reader has a duty to experience similar reservations, and I certainly share your prudent posture.
However, this work starts to be convincing - at least convincing enough to be a serious competitor with other sources of randomness (esp. given the recent increase in doubts with respect to potentially flawed hardware generators...).
Plus, the overall thing sounds so absurdly appealing: using the non-determinism of supposedly deterministic processors as fuel for the non-deterministic functions of the system especially to compensate for the potentially malicious determinism of non-deterministic generators. It rocks when you say it!
However, this work starts to be convincing - at least convincing enough to be a serious competitor with other sources of randomness (esp. given the recent increase in doubts with respect to potentially flawed hardware generators...).
Plus, the overall thing sounds so absurdly appealing: using the non-determinism of supposedly deterministic processors as fuel for the non-deterministic functions of the system especially to compensate for the potentially malicious determinism of non-deterministic generators. It rocks when you say it!
Admittedly, this is not a fully reasonable argument, but I wonder if that's not the point at the moment: oppose somehow to what all the "very reasonable people" do in the name of security. A minimum of madness, as a precaution.