On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:23:34PM -0800, Peter Monta wrote:
> > Anything that is meant to be a server really pretty much needs an
> > enthropy generator these days.
>
> Many motherboards have on-board sound. Why not turn the mic
> gain all the way up and use the noise---surely there will be
> a few bits' worth?
Even if you think you have a good true source of random noise, you need
to run good fitness tests on the data to ensure it's truly random.
Jeff
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