Fedora 19 Update: RdRand-1.0.5-1.fc19

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-2883
2014-02-21 23:50:14
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Name        : RdRand
Product     : Fedora 19
Version     : 1.0.5
Release     : 1.fc19
URL         : http://github.com/BroukPytlik/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:

Library for easier usage of Intel's RdRand instruction.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1048815 - Review Request: RdRand - A library and a tool for the asm instruction
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048815
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update RdRand' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
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