Provision to an application of a random number not generated by an operating system

摘要

A data processing system includes data storage that stores an operating system and an application that performs a security operation and a processor communicatively coupled with the data storage and a random number generator separate from the operating system. The processor executes the operating system and the application. The processor receives a random number from the random number generator and provides the received random number to the application for use in the security operation.

主权项

1. A data processing system comprising a processor, a data storage that stores an operating system and an application that performs a security operation, and a first random number generator separate from the operating system; wherein the processor is configured to carry out the steps of:
receiving a first random number from the first random number generator; receiving a second random number from a second random number generator, wherein the second random number generator is separate from the operating system; and executing the application to perform the security operation according to the first random number of the first random number generator and the second random number of the second random number generator.