Yes, I know this. However, this would not require them to compromise the NIST Random number test suite - No reasonalbe test suite would be able to detect this sort of scenario anyway.
So, back to the original question: Is the NIST Random number test suite compromised? What could they gain by doing this?
I've considered this as well (I will be using the NIST random number test suite in the near future). However, what can they accomplish with this? I see two approaches they could have taken:
1. Flag a non-random generator as "random". However, just because I use the NIST test suite does not mean that I don't use any other test suites, that would presumably catch this. This seems high-risk from the NSA's point of view - just one publicly available test that proves NIST is gamed shows their hand.
2. Flag something that is random as "non-random". This gets truly random generators disqualified. However, if my TRNG was disqualified, I would look into why, and that would likely reveal the NSA's hand as well.
Are there scenarios that I am missing?
Properly encrypted data is indistinguishable from random data. However, just the presence of random files on the system could be incriminating. Perhaps it's better to hide the data in another type of file? Perhaps using the lsb of a bitmap file?
If it were for entirely for environmental regulations, Intel would be fabbing offshore as well. Fabbing is far more toxic than packaging and testing.
Intel hasn't fabbed in Asia in the past for several reasons, one of which is intellectual property protection. If I'm not mistaken, Intel is constructing its first Asian fab now, somewhere in China.
Are you serious? Intel is one of the few companies that still fabs most of its chips in the United States (Arizona, New Mexico, and Oregon). There are also fabs in Israel and Ireland, but the bulk of the fabbing is done in the US. The packaging is done in Indonesia, China, etc, but that's not where the real money is.
I think one of the reasons wireless vendors in particular use blobs is because of the FCC compliance requirements. Can you really release an open-source programmable radio? Does the FCC even allow that? How can the FCC certify that it doesn't interfere with licensed spectrum, if the software can be changed, therefore changing the characteristics of the radio?
The general thought process is that as cars get better gas mileage, the revenues from the gas tax will decline.
I personally don't see a problem with continuing to use the gas tax, but increasing it: It encourages people to drive more fuel efficient cars. I don't see this monitoring technology as being useful.
The OpenCL spec already allowed for running code on a CPU or a GPU. It's just registered as a different type of device. So basically, they are enabling compiling the OpenCL programming language to the x86? I don't really see the story, here.
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I didn't read the tongue thing as crazy - I thought it was a response to his facial scars. If the corners of my cheeks had been cut like that, I'd probably have a tendency to lick them as well.
Not to say that he didn't look legitimately crazy. He did.
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Watching Jack Nicholson's Joker, you couldn't forget that it was Jack Nicholson under the make-up. Also, he was funny, rather than scary.
Watching Heath Ledger, you will easily forget that it's Heath Ledger under there - the character is just the Joker. And he's much scarier.
It's all about convergence - convergence of the CPU and GPU onto the same die. In 2 years, the low-end graphics market (where most of the money is made today) is not going to exist the way it does today - the GPUs will be integrated on the CPU. Any CPU developer that doesn't have a GPU will be at a disadvantage - and any GPU developer that can't attach to a CPU will miss out on that market.
Actually, as a graphics chip developer, I can tell you that Graphics chip development focuses almost exclusively on Direct3D. What Microsoft wants, Microsoft gets. The needs of OpenGL are entirely secondary when it comes to the hardware design.
Actually, Intel CPU's are designed in Verilog. Intel never used VHDL for it's CPUs - it used to use iHDL, an internal hardware description languange, but convereted to Verilog about 6 years ago.
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If they don't do this, the companies that write DVD viewers will not allow their software to play HD-DVDs or Blu-Ray Discs on AMD systems. The software developers signed an agreement with the AACS consortium, and they are responsible for any breaches in AACS security.
That's why AMD is doing this.
Which would be more unpalettable to consumers: Not being able to watch their High Definition DVDs on their new laptop, or not being able to save the frame buffer? Most consumers don't care about the latter.
That begs the question: Would we want the music industry to look anything like the movie industry? The movie industry works on high costs/high volume. Comparatively, the music industry works on low(er) cost/low(er) volume. If Tom Waits was making movies, they'd never get made, because the market is too small. His wonderful music, however, keeps getting made. Because a relatively small group of people like me are willing to pay >$15 for his albums.
BTW, something that's often lost in/. discussions regarding music/movies: Just because you disagree with the price of something (especially something that you don't need!), doesn't give you the right to steal it.
"There's no reason whatsoever why the Intel architecture remains so complex," said XenSource Chief Technology Officer Simon Crosby. "There's no reason why they couldn't ditch 60 percent of the transistors on the chip, most of which are for legacy modes."
Who is this guy and what is he smoking? Over half of a modern processor is cache. The instruction decoding and address decoding are a small fraction of the remainder. Where does he get the 60% from?
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What idiots are not modding this as "funny"?
More like 1 in 105,000. Still extremely low.
Actually, as the paper indicates, Youtube is encrypting most of their delivered content.
This is a Man-in-the-Middle if the end-user is not notified of it.
Yes, I know this. However, this would not require them to compromise the NIST Random number test suite - No reasonalbe test suite would be able to detect this sort of scenario anyway.
So, back to the original question: Is the NIST Random number test suite compromised? What could they gain by doing this?
I've considered this as well (I will be using the NIST random number test suite in the near future). However, what can they accomplish with this? I see two approaches they could have taken: 1. Flag a non-random generator as "random". However, just because I use the NIST test suite does not mean that I don't use any other test suites, that would presumably catch this. This seems high-risk from the NSA's point of view - just one publicly available test that proves NIST is gamed shows their hand. 2. Flag something that is random as "non-random". This gets truly random generators disqualified. However, if my TRNG was disqualified, I would look into why, and that would likely reveal the NSA's hand as well. Are there scenarios that I am missing?
Svalbard is an island in the Arctic Circle, with no permanent population. Why does it have a 5TB cable terminating there?
Properly encrypted data is indistinguishable from random data. However, just the presence of random files on the system could be incriminating. Perhaps it's better to hide the data in another type of file? Perhaps using the lsb of a bitmap file?
Intel hasn't fabbed in Asia in the past for several reasons, one of which is intellectual property protection. If I'm not mistaken, Intel is constructing its first Asian fab now, somewhere in China.
Are you serious? Intel is one of the few companies that still fabs most of its chips in the United States (Arizona, New Mexico, and Oregon). There are also fabs in Israel and Ireland, but the bulk of the fabbing is done in the US. The packaging is done in Indonesia, China, etc, but that's not where the real money is.
I think one of the reasons wireless vendors in particular use blobs is because of the FCC compliance requirements. Can you really release an open-source programmable radio? Does the FCC even allow that? How can the FCC certify that it doesn't interfere with licensed spectrum, if the software can be changed, therefore changing the characteristics of the radio?
I personally don't see a problem with continuing to use the gas tax, but increasing it: It encourages people to drive more fuel efficient cars. I don't see this monitoring technology as being useful.
The OpenCL spec already allowed for running code on a CPU or a GPU. It's just registered as a different type of device. So basically, they are enabling compiling the OpenCL programming language to the x86? I don't really see the story, here.
Not to say that he didn't look legitimately crazy. He did.
Watching Heath Ledger, you will easily forget that it's Heath Ledger under there - the character is just the Joker. And he's much scarier.
Where in the article did it say that Larrabee was an integrated solution? Did you not see the picture of the card in the article?
It's all about convergence - convergence of the CPU and GPU onto the same die. In 2 years, the low-end graphics market (where most of the money is made today) is not going to exist the way it does today - the GPUs will be integrated on the CPU. Any CPU developer that doesn't have a GPU will be at a disadvantage - and any GPU developer that can't attach to a CPU will miss out on that market.
Most workers in the United States do not work on contract at all. I have never had a contract with any of my employers.
How will they know I'm under 50 without ID?
Actually, as a graphics chip developer, I can tell you that Graphics chip development focuses almost exclusively on Direct3D. What Microsoft wants, Microsoft gets. The needs of OpenGL are entirely secondary when it comes to the hardware design.
From Intel's Department of Redundancy Department. The same guys that brought you the Core 2 Duo.
Actually, Intel CPU's are designed in Verilog. Intel never used VHDL for it's CPUs - it used to use iHDL, an internal hardware description languange, but convereted to Verilog about 6 years ago.
That's why AMD is doing this.
Which would be more unpalettable to consumers: Not being able to watch their High Definition DVDs on their new laptop, or not being able to save the frame buffer? Most consumers don't care about the latter.
BTW, something that's often lost in /. discussions regarding music/movies: Just because you disagree with the price of something (especially something that you don't need!), doesn't give you the right to steal it.
Who is this guy and what is he smoking? Over half of a modern processor is cache. The instruction decoding and address decoding are a small fraction of the remainder. Where does he get the 60% from?