From: Pavel Korensky <pavelk@dator3.anet.cz>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 03:25:30 -0800 (PST)
To: adam@homeport.org
Subject: Re[2]: Sound card as a random number source ??
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Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org> wrote:
> Have you tried it without a mike plugged in?
> Always think about failure modes.
> 
> Adam
> 

But there always can be some kind of test, like presampling and testing if the
input is not dead. 
And of course some kind of hash algorithm must be applied to the sampled stream
(MD5 ?).

Bye PavelK


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