Re: mathematical entropy question on Linux (hardware rng over network)

2007-05-09 Thread Robert Welz
Am Di, 8.05.2007, 21:48, schrieb Kyle Hamilton: Randomness is randomness. However, the important thing is that the randomness is not known, and the randomness cannot be retrieved. If you're worried about passing the tests on a subset of the data, take the subset that you're thinking of and

mathematical entropy question on Linux (hardware rng over network)

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Welz
Hello! I have a hardware rng for the parallel port of the pc. The device ( the rp1 from http://www.true-random.com ) produces a constant stream of random bytes at 1 MB/s and it passes the diehard tests as well as some others mentioned on the website. My question now is: If I take the stream of

Re: mathematical entropy question on Linux (hardware rng over network)

2007-05-08 Thread Kyle Hamilton
Randomness is randomness. However, the important thing is that the randomness is not known, and the randomness cannot be retrieved. If you're worried about passing the tests on a subset of the data, take the subset that you're thinking of and run the tests on it. If it's truly random, it