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Lewis McCarthy (lmccarth@cs.umass.edu)
Sat, 23 Jan 1999 22:29:48 -0500
Michael J. Graffam writes:
> How exactly would you suggest that a research find out about the internals
> of the CPU?
[...]
> It's no easy matter to find deviations from randomness just by staring
> at the output. A researcher would likely not be able to look at the
> internals of the CPU.
I hope Intel invites an external group of distinguished technical experts to
review the P3 RNG and produce a detailed public report. Ideally the group
would include both network security experts and electrical engineering types
capable of analyzing the full design and production process. (My guess is
that Intel's already done something like this in private.)
If the RNG gets vetted this way and receives a clean bill of health,
I expect I'll trust it.
-Lewis
<pseudonym@acm.org>
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