Generating one or two random numbers over a period of time isn't a big deal. Generating 100,000+ 128 bit random numbers an hour taxes /dev/random and /dev/urandom. Even the use of EGAD doesn't help.
If you re-read the thread you will see that I wrote what I thought was a reasonable approach and looking for concrete criticism of it or other ways. C David Schwartz wrote: >>I can't add anything beyond what is available on a AMD or Intel >>motherboard. So is there a built-in HRNG that I can get to (if so, where >>is the driver for it)? >> >> > > Use /dev/urandom to seed your own PRNG. Or use it to seed OpenSSL's > PRNG. > > Why are you asking on this list anyway? Did you try OpenSSL's PRNG and > find >it insufficient? > > DS > > >______________________________________________________________________ >OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org >User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org >Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
