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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: =?utf-8?Q?J=C3=B6rn?= Engel <joern@logfs.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: mix all saved registers into entropy pool
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Jörn Engel <joern@logfs.org> writes:
>
> An alternate high-resolution timer is the register content at the time
> of an interrupt. 

So if you interrupt a cryptographic function you may hash in parts
of the key?

-Andi

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