Remove RdRand from /dev/random

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UPDATE: It appears I got #rekt, petition closed.

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kyle condonPetition Starter
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Linus Torvalds
Linux Kernel Maintainer
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“Where do I start a petition to raise the IQ and kernel knowledge of people? Guys, go read drivers/char/random.c. Then, learn about cryptography. Finally, come back here and admit to the world that you were wrong. Short answer: we actually know what we are doing. You don't. Long answer: we use rdrand as _one_ of many inputs into the random pool, and we use it as a way to _improve_ that random pool. So even if rdrand were to be back-doored by the NSA, our use of rdrand actually improves the quality of the random numbers you get from /dev/random. Really short answer: you're ignorant.”

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Petition created on 9 September 2013