RTL-entropy: Uses RTL-SDR to turn a DVB-T dongle into an entropy source

Re:RTL-entropy: Uses RTL-SDR to turn a DVB-T dongle into an ... by mseebach on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:26AM (#16697142)

But isn't the point of a hardware entropy source that you don't quite trust /dev/urandom?

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Re:RTL-entropy: Uses RTL-SDR to turn a DVB-T dongle into an ... by tednoob on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:55AM (#16697298)

You have two adversaries. Adversary A have control over your hardware source, and adversary B have control over /dev/urandom. If you XOR them A and B must cooperate to compromise your random generator. You can combine as many sources of randomness as you want, and each increase the difficulty for an adversary to defeat your generator.

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