Truly random numbers

news mig at mig.com
Wed Feb 12 10:56:48 EST 2003


<jerf at compy.attbi.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.02.11.20.56.08.37060 at compy.attbi.com...
> On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:49:51 -0800, Paul Rubin wrote:
> > Use an SSL tunnel and hope that Fourmilabs isn't logging the random
> > numbers?
>
> This point should be emphasized. If you care enough to do a one-time pad,
> you need to care enough to buy your own random number generator.

I have been told that turning up the gain on a microphone will produce
thermal noise (= truly random numbers) without the necessity of buying a
designated "random number generator".

But I haven't tried it myself.






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