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Re:Linux Kernel RNG is now Blake2 instead of SHA1 and 3x faster by loeg on Thursday December 30, 2021 @10:11PM (#29744445)
That makes sense, thanks. I wonder if it might make sense to use a reduced-round Chacha for generation. Aumasson calls for 8 rounds; I think Rust’s CSPRNG uses 12.
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