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> The comment in the code[1] about RDRAND being sufficient for the use-case of UUIDs is empirically false. Ipse dixit. Can you provide an explanation?
by tadfisher 6y ago
> The comment in the code[1] about RDRAND being sufficient for the use-case of UUIDs is empirically false.
Ipse dixit. Can you provide an explanation?
- aidenn0 6y ago1. TFA 2. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/how-a-months-old-amd-microcode-bug-destroyed-my-weekend/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/how-a-months-old-amd... 3. https://linuxreviews.org/RDRAND_stops_returning_random_values_on_older_AMD_CPUs_after_suspend https://linuxreviews.org/RDRAND_stops_returning_random_value... 4. There are also comments elsewhere on this page that older Intel RDRAND implementations had similar issues, but they did not cite their source.