Good random seeds
17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Since we can all see how badly time works, I'd like to point out that Will Price, author of the excellent Cryptdisk utility for the Mac, uses mouse movements to seed his PRNG. His code is available for a small fee, and I'd strongly suggest that people who need good, easy PRNs take a look at it, and also take a long look at RFC1750, randomness reccomendations for security (or something like that.) Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume
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