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adastra22yesterday at 3:46 PM1 replyview on HN

Not to the kernel random pool, no.


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teravoryesterday at 3:55 PM

this is a well known attack...

if your algorithm controls a source of entropy and can inspect the other sources, it can craft its source to bias the result. a fanciful attack but it means you should at least discriminate what you put into the pool.

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