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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-df6d2bb852
2020-07-03 00:24:47.024817
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Name : RdRand
Product : Fedora EPEL 8
Version : 2.1.2
Release : 2.el8
URL :
https://github.com/jirka-h/RdRand
Summary : Library for generating random numbers using the RdRand instruction on Intel
CPUs
Description :
RdRand is an instruction for returning random numbers from an Intel on-chip
hardware random number generator.RdRand is available in Ivy Bridge and later
processors.
It uses cascade construction, combining a HW RNG operating at 3Gbps with CSPRNG
with all components sealed on CPU. The entropy source is a meta-stable circuit,
with unpredictable behavior based on thermal noise. The entropy is fed into
a 3:1 compression ratio entropy extractor (whitener) based on AES-CBC-MAC.
Online statistical tests are performed at this stage and only high quality
random data are used as the seed for cryptograhically secure SP800-90 AES-CTR
DRBG compliant PRNG.
This generator is producing maximum of 512 128-bit AES blocks before it's
reseeded. According to documentation the 512 blocks is a upper limit for
reseed, in practice it reseeds much more frequently.
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Update Information:
Fixed typo in rpm spec file ---- Added support for AMD CPUs
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ChangeLog:
* Tue Jun 16 2020 Jirka Hladky <hladky.jiri(a)gmail.com> - 2.1.2-2
- Fixed typo in rpm spec file
* Tue Jun 16 2020 Jirka Hladky <hladky.jiri(a)gmail.com> - 2.1.2-1
- Added support for AMD CPUs
* Tue Jan 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng(a)fedoraproject.org> - 2.1.1-9
- Rebuilt for
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update RdRand' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "YUM", available at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7\
/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-yum.html
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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