[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Errata Notice FreeBSD-EN-14:01.random

[Mike Tancsa]

On 1/15/2014 1:53 PM, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> 
> Yes, that's an obvious consequence of a compromised RNG; but that's not
> what I was asking.  I'm asking how the attacker could compromise the
> hardware RNG without also obtaining effectively unfettered access to the
> entire system.

I think the fear is at manufacturing time.  i.e. the suspicion is that
some govt agency asked a design weakness be built in.  Whether thats
true or a reasonable fear or not, I am not one to say....


	---Mike



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