From: Peter Shipley <shipley@tfs.com>
why doesn't someone set up a random number source on a internet host avalible on a tcp/udp socket? thus if I want some numbers all I have to do is:
telnet random_host rand_port > ./random_data_file
the use a pseudo-random generater to select from my random number stream for a unique random number set.
Consider that most people who want to use their random numbers for cryptographic purposes don't want everyone in the free world able to read them as they pass through the internet... In anycase, there is a CALmos device out there that is fairly easy to use and produces about 20kbits of good random data per second -- not fast enough for many purposes, but far better than nothing. I suspect there are other devices on the market, but I haven't researched it carefully. I can get information on this particular device out to anyone who is willing to design it into a simple to build RS232 interfaceable box to generate random bits. Perry