Re: Kernel RNG ???

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.1505201111400.29987%6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de@localhost>,
 <6bone%6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de@localhost> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>dmesg reported:
>
>Kernel RNG "2105 0 2" runs test FAILURE: too many runs of 3 1s (728 > 723)
>cprng 2105 0 2: failed statistical RNG test
>
>Any ideas what could be the problem?
>
>
>kernel version: NetBSD 7.99.9
>distribution: netbsd-7 (version May 11)

It is not really a problem. Things like this can happen. If you see messages
like this continuously, then there is a problem. In current a bunch of RNG
diagnostic messages have been turned on in order to evaluate the quality
of the random number generation.

christos