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[John-Mark Gurney]

Mark R V Murray wrote this message on Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 20:24 +0100:
> > On 25 Jul 2015, at 19:31, John-Mark Gurney <jmg at funkthat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > virtual machines have things like virtio_random, most embedded gadgets
> > have an ADC that could be used...  Appliances a little more difficult,
> > but trusted computers probably have a hardware RNG anyways???
> 
> You need to research this more carefully. Ask Ian Lepore about the
> paucity of entropy on his boxes.

I have been following the discussions that Ian and you have had
publicly, so I understand the issues involved...  I agree we should
provide Ian w/ the tools necessary for his boxes to have sufficient
entropy...

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