Torvalds suggests disabling AMD's 'stupid' fTPM RNG
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  • MystikIncarnateEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Well, it’s an fTPM, aka software, and AFAIK, no software can truly have a random RNG.

    So it might be very good pseudo random at best.

    • argv_minus_one@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It could be only mostly firmware, with a hardware RNG.

      If not, and it uses a CSPRNG, then I don’t see much point in using it at all. Linux already has its own CSPRNG.