Re: [Tails-dev] haveged quality test in Virtual Box

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Autor: intrigeri
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Assunto: Re: [Tails-dev] haveged quality test in Virtual Box
Hi,

Abel Luck wrote (28 Dec 2012 17:57:40 GMT) :
> Near the end it discusses HAVEGE with the startling point:


>     "One of Peter's colleagues replaced the random
>     input source employed by HAVEGE with a constant
>     stream of ones. All of the same tests passed."


I think this tells more about the poor quality of the tests we have,
than about the quality of HAVEGE itself. This does not startle me.

Cheers,
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