22 Jul
2013
22 Jul
'13
9:46 p.m.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 04:50:55PM -0400, Tom wrote:
Does anyone on the list have some Python source code for an OTP-focused random number generator they'd be willing to share? I'm interested in seeing how different people would approach it?
Why not simply use /dev/urandom (after ensuring you have enough entropy, etc, etc). If you don't have systemic entropy collection, Python is not going to be able to help. Of course any entropy pool measurement is merely computationally feasible randomness; you'll need to measure a physically nondeterministic process directly if you want true information theoretic entropy. Something like an entropykey should do the trick, if you trust their design and that they haven't included backdoors. -andy