公开(公告)号：US20240211213A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18087674

申请日：2022-12-22

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Ashok Banerjee ,  Bishakha Banerjee ,  Ravikiran Thirumalai ,  Ravi Jagannathan

IPC: G06F7/58 ,  G06F9/4401 ,  G06F9/50

CPC classification number: G06F7/588 ,  G06F9/4401 ,  G06F9/5016

Abstract: To populate an entropy pool with entropy from external sources, a computer system transmits, to multiple entropy sources, a request to receive entropy. At least one of the multiple entropy sources is an external source that is external and operatively connected to the computer system. The computer system receives entropy from the external source. The computer system stores the entropy received from the external source in an entropy storage medium. The computer system receives, from a client computer system, a request for entropy to be used by the client computer system to implement a random number generation algorithm. In response to receiving the request, the computer system provides a portion of the stored entropy. The portion of the stored entropy provided in response to receiving the request includes the entropy received from the external source.