-- Taral wrote: > Noise-based RNGs are just as random and just as > "quantum". :)
Shot noise is just as quantum. Johnson noise (which most hardware generators use) is thermal noise, so not quantum. Not that the difference between thermal noise and quantum uncertainty matters for our purpose, unless the adversary is submerging your hardware in liquid helium. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 6/Bz2DNCS/RCxLZZ81/CcDfSM3d/+hJ0bvP8kbgc 4oZaaVxdmcx2pdn23uM3fAXynWtWh3TkS/EO8X6ms --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]