17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Latest version of NOISE.SYS has been uploaded to ftp.funet.fi, and a few other sites, as "noise04.zip". It is a random-noise device driver for DOS, which samples fast timings between keystrokes, disk access, clock-drift, and even mouse movement or audio card and hashes with SHA-2 algorithm to generate some good-quality randomness. Note changes since previous version: this one defines two devices akin to random.c patch for Linux, /dev/random and /dev/urandom. The latter will output as many bytes as are requested, while the first will only output as many bits as are estimated to be in the pool. Source included. 386 req'd. Take care, --Rob (Still waiting on comments or suggestions about earlier versions...)