On 16/07/13 18:01, Pete Travis wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2013 10:20 AM, "Digimer" <lists at alteeve.ca > <mailto:lists at alteeve.ca>> wrote: > > > > On 16/07/13 06:30, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Digimer wrote: > > >> On 15/07/13 07:04, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > >>> On Sat, 13 Jul 2013, Digimer wrote: > > >>>> Hi all, > > >>>> > > >>>> I've been curious about using hardware true random number > generators > > >>>> in my VM clusters. This got me wondering about the VM's /dev/random > > >>>> source... If I setup a hardware TRNG on the host, would the VM's > also > > >>>> benefit from it? > > >>> > > >>> Xen VMs would not be able to benefit from it. I don't know about KVM. > > >> > > >> Would you be able to elaborate on why not? I know Xen and KVM > differ, but this > > >> is not a topic I have seen discussed at all before, so any insight > would be > > >> helpful and appreciated! :) > > > > > > Because we don't have a paravirtualized interface to export the > > > randomness to the guest. > > > It would be a nice small little project to do that though. > > > > > > > Ah, ok. I'm an admin, not a programmer, so I am not sure what would be > > needed. Given how popular VMs are now, I can imagine it would be a nice > > feature to have. If it's a "small" project, then all the better! :) > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Digimer > > Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ > > What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without > > access to education? > > > > There is such a thing, see > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Virtio_RNG > > --Pete Ok, that is _awesome_! I hope it gets into RHEL 7. Thank you kindly for the link! -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education?