Yes, but as stated further up, that CPU could anyway just write arbitrary data t... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		rolux on Dec 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “We cannot trust” Intel and Via’s chip-based crypt... Yes, but as stated further up, that CPU could anyway just write arbitrary data to the memory that holds your entropy pool, if you use RDRAND or not.

caf on Dec 11, 2013 [–]

That's a more fragile attack though, since it requires identifying that memory location.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact