Re: Random #'s via CD-ROM?

How do you pick the random section in the first place? Oh, I see, we use a random number generator!

Every PRNG needs to be seeded somehow. I was thinking he meant to start the process with a secret key. The main problem I see (assuming you hash the blocks down to get decent random data) is that CD-ROMs aren't all that big. (The vast majority of CD-ROM drives, by the way, cannot make a bit-for-bit copy of audio CD's. The record industry was unhappy with this idea.) Eli ebrandt@hmc.edu