[Cialug] Complete C source online

[Eric Junker]

On 7/24/2013 3:23 PM, Zachary Kotlarek wrote:
> On anything that supports the RdRand instruction it's as simple as
> including this library and asking the CPU for a random number:
> http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/user-manual-for-the-rdrand-library-linux-version

While I don't know how likely it is, there is some speculation that the 
NSA may have a "backdoor" into the random number generator.

http://cryptome.org/2013/07/intel-bed-nsa.htm

It is an interesting idea to think about. With open source software we 
can audit the source code but we mostly run it on hardware that we can't 
guarantee is secure. Weren't there also some knockoff Cisco equipment 
from China that had backdoors in it?

Eric