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Yeah, but you don't need to use rdrand in that scenario -- the cpu could also just tamper with the pool at will, regardless of the RDRAND instruction.
by ori_b 7y ago
Yeah, but you don't need to use rdrand in that scenario -- the cpu could also just tamper with the pool at will, regardless of the RDRAND instruction.
- lifthrasiir 7y agodjb has noted that RDRAND is a particularly attractable means to exfiltration back in 2014 [1]. So it is not simply irrelevant. [1] https://blog.cr.yp.to/20140205-entropy.html https://blog.cr.yp.to/20140205-entropy.html