Theodore Tso wrote:
I think the userspace config problems were mainly due to the fact that there wasn't a single official userspace utility package for the random number package. Comments in drivers/char/random.c for how to set up /etc/init.d/random is Just Not Enough.
Absolutely.
If we had a single, official random number generator package that contained the configuration, init.d script, as well as the daemon that can do all sorts of different things that you really, Really, REALLY want to do in userspace, including:* FIPS testing (as Jeff suggested --- making sure what you think is randomness isn't 60Hz hum is a Really Good Idea :-)* access to TPM (if available --- I have a vague memory that you may need access to the TPM key to access any of its functions, and the the TPM key is stored in the filesystem)
+1 agreed(not volunteering, but I will cheer on the hearty soul who undertakes this endeavor...)
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