Comment on Linus on /dev/random: "We actually know what we are doing. You don't."parentComments−Peaker13yIf they can make it look like a stream of zeros, they can make it look like a random stream which is actually a pseudo-random stream as well.Also, they might leave some randomness in, but it can be a small enough amount of entropy that it would still render crypto keys vulnerable.−XorNot13yDoi. This is an obvious danger and I feel stupid for not putting two and two together.
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If they can make it look like a stream of zeros, they can make it look like a random stream which is actually a pseudo-random stream as well.
Also, they might leave some randomness in, but it can be a small enough amount of entropy that it would still render crypto keys vulnerable.
Doi. This is an obvious danger and I feel stupid for not putting two and two together.