Random Number seeds,
Bryan Pope
bpope at wordstock.com
Mon Aug 2 08:14:38 CDT 2004
And thusly Paul Koning spake:
>
>
> Random number generators are built in to most crypto chips these days;
> they work starting from the noise generated by some simple electronic
> circuits. Then any biases are taken out by post-processing, for
> example by running the bitstream through a cryptographic hash.
>
I will just use a sensor in a cup of hot tea... ;)
Cheers,
Bryan
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