Acquire Entropy for embedded platform

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 8/16/19 5:26 AM, Chitrang Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working on an embedded platform and now ported openssl 1.1.1b
> TLS 1.2/1.3 is working fine.
> While analysing random number , Rand pool initialization calls where I 
> am returning like this ,
> size_t *rand_pool_acquire_entropy*(RAND_POOL *pool)
> {
>         return rand_pool_entropy_available(pool);
> }
> As noticed that *rand_unix.c* has an implementation wcih samples 2 
> bits of RTC, would that give enough entropy or any other 
> recommendation to have enough entropy for embedded platforms?


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