Re: "random" number seeds vs. Netscape

What I would like:

Any OS has access to a number of real-world physical sources of randomness. This information is not made available to a user level process. How long did that last seek take? Was there any noise on the microphone? It would be good if the OS could gather that information and make some set of bits available to any process that asks. Having this be part of all OSes would make my job easier.

We've got a *real* hardware random number generator that was developed for our secure phones. If you are seriously interested, we can glue the RNG onto the end of a serial port for you. It generates about 8000 bits of uncorrelated noise / second. Eric Blossom COMSEC Partners 707-577-0409