> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Mahoney via AGI [mailto:[email protected]] > > If you are paranoid (could the NSA have bribed Intel too?), then I suggest > mixing RDRAND output with other entropy sources through another hash, > like BSD already does with /dev/random. > > I guess this is AGI related in that peers in a distributed system need a > secure > way to authenticate each other to prevent spammers from injecting forged > messages. >
Interestingly, random numbers are related to AGI in many ways and are associated with many AGI mathematical ideas but few things if any are related as much to the quality of the randomness as much as cryptography. Probably because of that limiting Boolean of being able to decrypt something or the goal of preventing that distinct event. John ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
