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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Torvalds Slams Theoretical Security
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:19:22 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:48:57 +0100, Richard Kettlewell wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>
>> Weak cryptography is easy to fix. The hard part to fix is weak random
>> numbers.
> 
> Other way round. A bad RNG can be swapped out for a better one with
> little or no impact on anything else.

Unfortunately, you can never be sure your RNG is good.