Would a public PRNG (Yarrow?) server be of any use? I suppose it could be
done as a proof-of-concept, or as another source of entropy for an internal
PRNG... and the trust issue could be dealt with just as you deal with the
Intel PRNG. IMO, the bandwidth would be the limitation here; an intranet
(LAN) PRNG might be better.
I'm asking this because I think that a big problem with PRNGs is that the
application is the more difficult part - securing the seed file, making sure
the entropy into the system is correct, and any other issues I can't think
of right now. It would be easier to set them up *correctly* on one computer
than on many, and at most the randomness-demanding applications on the
client computers could "fall back" on the server.
I guess I'm just thinking out loud...
Mark
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