/dev/random provides "high quality randomness such as one-time pad or key
generation." The only problem is that it can take some time to
run...something about it blocking reads to /dev/random when not enough
environmental noise is gathered. (The manpage for /dev/random and the
random.c file have plenty of info on it.)
REAL randomness is a subject of some debate, and is considered impossible by
many; the goal of random number generators today is to offer complete
unpredictability.
-Jamie Blondin
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> > Dunno much about png, but as to random numbers, I used to grab some bits
> > from /dev/mic (with no mic plugged into it,
>
> What's wrong with /dev/random? (On GNU/Linux, not the Sun box.:-)
>
> --
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> . | both consumers and large parts of the computer industry?
> Randy |
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