Perry - Sorry for the rude question. I have been following this thread closely but must have missed the original message regarding using radiation detectors to produce random numbers. Skip ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Radiation Detectors from Aware Electronics Author: perry@piermont.com at internet Date: 03-11-95 09:23 sharborth@hai-net.com writes:

So what does this have to do with this mailing list??

Generating good random numbers is key to operating a solid cryptographic system. I've argued that computer interfaced radiation detectors are the optimal way of generating such numbers because they are hard to screw up -- biased diode noise and other sources are too easy to misdesign or misuse. Aware is a source of such detectors. Perry

There have been several requests for information on the company that makes the radiation detectors with RS232 interfaces that I mentioned.

Here is how to reach them:

Aware Electronics P.O. Box 4299 Wilmington, DE 19807 Phone (800) 729-5397 (302) 655-3800

Perry