Re: Toshiba shows 2Mbps hardware RNG

[Perry E. Metzger]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann) writes:
> I've always wondered why RNG speed is such a big deal for anything but a few
> highly specialised applications.

Perhaps it isn't, but any hardware RNG is probably better than none
for many apps, and they've managed to put the whole thing in a quite
small bit of silicon. The speed is probably icing on the cake.

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Perry E. Metzger                [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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