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In many embedded systems and constrained devices, there is a lack of proper randomness. And often the system environment is too stable to use as source of entro
by JoachimS 4y ago
In many embedded systems and constrained devices, there is a lack of proper randomness. And often the system environment is too stable to use as source of entropy (by connecting a sensor). This makes it hard to set up secure sessions.
If fairness, more and more MCUs (esp based on ARM Cortex) that contain some sort of TRNG / entropy source. Some of them have fairly good quality too. But there are still tons of 8051-based MCUs that lack any source of randomness. Having a cheap, physically compact, low power source of entropy that can be attached is in these cases quite useful. Esp for securing systems already in use.