Curious RNG stalemate [was: use of cpunks]
James A. Donald
jamesd at echeque.com
Fri Oct 18 12:32:43 PDT 2013
On 2013-10-19 04:46, Joseph Holsten wrote:
> Open design doesn't mean it hasn't been undermined in manufacturing.
> If you didn't built it yourself, you can't be sure. cf
> http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html Being on this list again is
> making me paranoid. On the bright side, my tinfoil hats are becoming
> quite fashionable. -- ~j
You can, however, be sure a microphone input is a reliable source of
entropy, since fake entropy would interfere with its microphone function.
When you hold a seashell to your ear, you are hearing thermal noise.
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