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Add Intel RdRand.

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David E. O'Brien 2012-09-19 20:42:55 +00:00
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@ -315,11 +315,16 @@ and is an implementation of the
.Em Yarrow
algorithm by Bruce Schneier,
.Em et al .
The only hardware implementation
currently is for the
The only hardware implementations
currently are for the
.Tn VIA C3 Nehemiah
(stepping 3 or greater)
CPU.
CPU
and the
.Tn Intel
.Dq Bull Mountain
.Em RdRand
instruction and underlying random number generator (RNG).
More will be added in the future.
.Pp
The author gratefully acknowledges