Did Linus Torvalds backdoor Linux random number generation?

Did Linus Torvalds backdoor Linux random number generation?(reddit.com)

15 points by petsos 13 years ago | 1 comment

csense 13 years ago |

It's a sensationalist headline, but the problem is one that needs to be addressed -- whether it's acceptable for the kernel to just assume that the RDRAND instruction does what Intel claims it does.

csense 13 years ago |

It's a sensationalist headline, but the problem is one that needs to be addressed -- whether it's acceptable for the kernel to just assume that the RDRAND instruction does what Intel claims it does.