Re: /dev/random -- can I enlarge the `randomness stock'?

From: Igmar Palsenberg (maillist@chello.nl)
Date: Thu May 25 2000 - 17:56:53 EST


> What if you simply tuned a cheap FM receiver to just static and fed
> that into a soundcard. Then reading from /dev/dsp or something would
> return pretty good random data, right ?

Nope... Unless the receiver recieves a resonable amount of random
interference, the data isn't considered random enough.

>
> Mike.
>

        Igmar
        
        

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