On Sunday June 25 2006 13:25, Amos Shapira wrote:
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> > In theory, by the by, disk access can ALSO be controlled to a degree
> > (less than network, but still)... So - whence entropy? Shall we now start
> > adding external devices via RS232 (some kind of multi-cascade motion
> > detector ;-)...
>
> And take the risk that the server next doo in the hosting farm can
> install a radio-sensitive serial-cable reader to read your serial
> traffic (sounds impossible? Ask the security products people who
> worked at Efrat/Comverse about ten years ago).
While we have our late spring paranoia outbreak, why not building a white
noise generator if we already have plenty of randomness available? Or,
perhaps, a different RNG, only to feed the white noise? Well I am full of
cheap ideas today, pick a B/W _lamp_ TV from flea market, rip the shields off
and install it on your server rack. Or, I think every hardware type have a
good old CD-ROM in his or her "Parts" pile that, being plugged in into 12/5
molex, messes up radio reception in an entire block. Much like mother
Russia's jamming devices, only in a much more useful form factor. That's the
only reason I keep mine. For the noisy neighbors :)
--
Sincerely Yours,
Michael Vasiliev
"On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament!], 'Pray, Mr.
Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers
come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas
that could provoke such a question."
-- Charles Babbage
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