[Gllug] entropykey: why did nobody ever mention this thing before?

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Tue Aug 3 21:55:47 UTC 2010


On 3 Aug 2010, James Courtier-Dutton outgrape:
> Most random number generators are used by encryption functions for key
> material of some sort.
> Does anyone know why commercial encryption products seem to ignore
> TEMPEST considerations.

Because that takes hardware design changes, as far as I know. Also, if
you're being attacked by someone capable of TEMPESTing you, you're
probably under attack by a major government and can be assumed to have
lost already.
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