Re: Intel's RNG -- Intel/RSA Deal Unfolding

Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 21:17:53 +0100

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Jim Gillogly wrote:
>
> Vin McLellan writes:
> > See: <http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/810/index.htm>
>
> The PDF file there that describes the 82802 Firmware Hub says "Intel
> will provide a binary software driver to give third party software
> access to our RNG for use as a security feature." The document
> describes how to access other features of the chip, but not this one.
>
> Anybody see any reason to believe they're planning to tell how to
> access it directly, so that people can check the by-god pre-SHA bits?

Doesn't look like it. But they can guess where that will get them as far
as the opinion of this group goes :-)

Cheers,

Ben.

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