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Even if you could trust these RNGs, it is possible that they will malfunction at any time through a manufacturing defect or thermal issue. Blindly trusting har
by codex 13y ago
Even if you could trust these RNGs, it is possible that they will malfunction at any time through a manufacturing defect or thermal issue. Blindly trusting hardware is naive. Linux never did, and decisions like this make me less likely to ever use BSD again. The critical mass of talent is just not there.
- astrange 13y agoIt seems unlikely that a manufacturing issue could affect the RDRAND instruction and not any other part of the CPU.