to create a completely open hardware and Free software true
random number generator.
-I my talk I mention the rationale for gathering more entropy:
-The Linux urandom boot-time entropy hole as described in
+In my talk I mention the rationale for gathering more entropy:
+*The Linux urandom boot-time entropy hole* as described in
the paper
-**[Mining Your Ps and Qs: Detection of Widespread Weak Keys in Network Devices][ehole]**.
+[Mining Your Ps and Qs: Detection of Widespread Weak Keys in Network Devices][ehole].
I also mention some of the difficulty in assessing RNG
quality for security applications as highlighted by
Matthew Green in his blog post
-**[How do you know if an RNG is working?][greenrng]**.
+[How do you know if an RNG is working?][greenrng].
I've been lucky to work on this design with [Bdale Garbee][bdale]
and [Keith Packard][keithp].
If you'd like to learn more you can...
- * Download the presentation (see below)
- * Check out the web page for [USB TRNG][usbtrng]
- * Join us on IRC OFTC #altusmetrum
- * Join the [trng mailing list][trng]
+
+* Download the presentation (see below)
+* Check out the web page for [USB TRNG][usbtrng]
+* Join us on IRC OFTC #altusmetrum
+* Join the [trng mailing list][trng]
Let [[me|/tmarble]] know if you'd like to get involved!
[altusmetrum]: http://altusmetrum.org/
[bdale]: http://gag.com/bdale
[keithp]: http://keithp.com/keithp
-[trng]: http://altusmetrum.org/USBtrng/
-[usbtrng]: http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/trng
+[trng]: http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/trng
+[usbtrng]: http://altusmetrum.org/USBtrng/
[debvideo]: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf14/Videostream#Recordings
[ehole]: https://factorable.net/weakkeys12.extended.pdf
[greenrng]: http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2014/03/how-do-you-know-if-rng-is-working.html