From: anon03e2@nyx.cs.du.edu (Fallen Angel)
Date: Wed, 19 May 93 08:31:18 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (cypher punks)
Subject: Random numbers
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One of the main factors in crypto seems to be a source of random
numbers which most computers don't really have.

Wouldn't it be ppossible to apply the Mafia-numbers-game solution?
i.e. For your numbers (or seed for a large volume of numbers) take
a random pubically accessible number like the last 3 digits of the
attendance of a sporting event.
   
I have never seen any formalizations, but that type of number should be
as close to totally random as possible.