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Raspberry Pi already has its own hardware RNG as well, I suppose the one mentioned in the article may be better?

• lmilcin 6y ago
  But why? Do you have any specific knowledge to the effect that a better hardware RNG would somehow benefit your private lab? As it is Linux already has completely acceptable source of entropy. The most significant drawbacks are that it could potentially be observed by somebody else with access to the machine and that it provides only very limited amount of entropy. Both are not a problem when you use private RPi to generate a dozen keys for your home lab.
  • miked85 6y ago
    > Do you have any specific knowledge to the effect that a better hardware RNG would somehow benefit your private lab? I was not arguing that a hardware RNG was needed or not, just questioning if adding a second one to a Pi made sense.
  • mvuksano 6y ago
    I think this is great read. The point of this is learning - as you probably would have seen in the article yourself. I don't know what's the point of questioning his design - if you don't like you always have option change it and/or implement it as you think is best. IMHO Carl did some really great work here.