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September 21, 2013, 05:18:09 PM
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Link is here http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/researchers-can-slip-an-undetectable-trojan-into-intels-ivy-bridge-cpus/

Sounds like if anyone wants to sabotage cryptography, this is the way to go. Choose your next CPU carefully!

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September 21, 2013, 05:22:08 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomness_tests
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September 21, 2013, 05:23:33 PM
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In the article it says that some tests fail to detect it.

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September 21, 2013, 05:31:25 PM
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Some? Maybe. But common sense says that a RNG with low entropy, that can't be detected, does not exist.
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September 21, 2013, 05:46:01 PM
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Any intel ivy bridge users care to comment on this 0_0

I've been happily using one for months in my miner...

Don't know what to think of this haha.
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