Linux 5.18 has new RNG, fixes vulnerabilities and faster by 103-225%

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	Linux 5.18 has new RNG, fixes vulnerabilities and faster by 103-225% (twitter.com)
	39 points by drrlvn 1597 days ago

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> 1 files changed, 55 insertions, 249 deletions

I nominate this commit as one of the best ever - improves security and performance while removing code.

More terrific work from the creator of WireGuard.

In fairness, a significant chunk of the deleted lines are just comments.

Jason Donenfeld (the creator of wireguard) has a patreon by the way: https://www.patreon.com/zx2c4

The TL;DR: the old 4096-bit LSFR generator has been replaced by BLAKE2 (one of the SHA3 finalists)

A modern crypto-function will perform better on modern computers, because modern crypto-functions were designed with modern computers in mind.

5.18? Is it not 5.17 then?

5.17 merge window is closed.