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Use as RNG wear #100

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SkewedZeppelin opened this issue Jul 9, 2019 · 1 comment
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Use as RNG wear #100

SkewedZeppelin opened this issue Jul 9, 2019 · 1 comment

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@SkewedZeppelin
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Recently released Linux 5.2 supports using a U2F Zero as a hardware RNG device.
It is common for users to leave their U2F dongle always connected, especially desktop users.

As distros begin to push out 5.2 and users U2F Zeros start working as a HWRNGs will this result in decreased lifespan of the dongle? Can these microcontrolers handle constant use like that?

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conorpp commented Jul 19, 2019

I don't believe exercising the RNG will cause any flash to be rewritten, so it should be okay.

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