Finding a good source of random bits is a frequent problem in cryptographic applications. Recently many computers have begun shipping with a TPM chip, which among other things includes a hardware RNG. Does anyone know of Windows software which can use the TPM for this purpose? Perhaps via MS CAPI, or some other API?
On Linux, the "Trousers" library, http://trousers.sourceforge.net/, provides access to TPM functions including RNG. Basically I'm looking for something similar for Windows. Given all the questions about trusted computing technology, it would be nice to get some straightforward operational benefit from all those TPM chips being installed. I'll be happy to summarize results back to the list if people want to contact me privately. Thanks - Hal Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
