1996-03-15 - Re: CD-reading for random keys

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From: JonWienke@aol.com
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-15 04:27:52 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 12:27:52 +0800

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From: JonWienke@aol.com
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 12:27:52 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: CD-reading for random keys
Message-ID: <960314142759_168531295@mail04.mail.aol.com>
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In a message dated 96-03-14 08:34:57 EST, you write:

>I would
>suggest recording thermal noise (Eg the hiss from an untuned FM radio),
>perhaps XORing with a pseudo-random sequence to remove residual bias. 

XORing 2 or independent thermal noise sources together would be even better.

Jonathan Wienke





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