Random numbers from CPU execution time jitter

Posted Jul 6, 2015 8:59 UTC (Mon) by roblucid (guest, #48964)
In reply to: Random numbers from CPU execution time jitter by alonz
Parent article: Random numbers from CPU execution time jitter

Also, how does a Kernel only pool make things worse?
Entropy can be depleted on some systems, and consumed by user space a DOS.

Adding another hurdle, even if imperfect provides practical benefit, and an attacker able to control the machine environment so precisely has probably won the game already.