17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
maruishi@netcom.com writes:
I was trying to think of a way to come up with true random numbers... And knowing a bit of UNIX socket TCP/IP programming I made a small little program that generates random numbers by measuring the mili-second timing ies a TCP packet to bounce back, from another network.
A bad source of randomness, both because the opponent can also conduct the same measurement and because the opponent can alter your measurement... .pm