1993-11-08 - PC random number hardware
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From: jon@balder.us.dell.com (Jon Boede)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-11-08 23:33:06 UTC
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From: jon@balder.us.dell.com (Jon Boede)
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 15:33:06 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: PC random number hardware
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Does anyone know of a commerical source (or schematics) for a good random
bitstream generator -- something that you hang off of COM1 and read random
bytes from?
Can anyone refute the claim that you can only generate truly random numbers
using hardware? I recall seeing a proof that totally random numbers could
only be generated by an infinitely large program.
Jon
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