CONFIG_CRYPTO_DRBG: NIST SP800-90A DRBG (Deterministic Random Bit Generator)

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_CRYPTO_DRBG has multiple definitions:

NIST SP800-90A DRBG (Deterministic Random Bit Generator) found in crypto/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_CRYPTO_DRBG:

• prompt: NIST SP800-90A DRBG (Deterministic Random Bit Generator)
• type: tristate
• depends on: (none)
• defined in crypto/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 7.2-rc+HEAD
• modules built: drbg

Help text

DRBG (Deterministic Random Bit Generator) (NIST SP800-90A)

Enable this only if you need it for a FIPS 140 certification. It's otherwise redundant with the kernel's regular RNG.

found in crypto/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_CRYPTO_DRBG:

• prompt:
• type: tristate
• depends on: (none)
• defined in crypto/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.17–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.19, 7.0–7.1
• modules built: drbg

Help text

(none)

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module drbg CONFIG_CRYPTO_DRBG : crypto/Kconfig : "NIST SP800-90A DRBG (Deterministic Random Bit Generator)" # in 3.17–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.19, 7.0–7.1, 7.2-rc+HEAD

Sources

This page is automaticly generated with free (libre, open) software lkddb(see lkddb-sources).

The data is retrived from:

• Linux kernel
• Linux Kernel Driver DataBase (LKDDb)

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