[107757] in Cypherpunks
CDR: Re: rng, linux, soundcards, vernam cipher, ambassadors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Holovacs)
Fri Jan 22 12:56:41 1999
From: "Jay Holovacs" <holovacs@idt.net>
To: <cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:42:27 -0500
Reply-To: "Jay Holovacs" <holovacs@idt.net>
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> From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
>
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> A $20 sound card is capable of capturing analog FM radio hiss,
> and with simple conditioning you get very good, physics-based
> randoms.
>
Commonly said, but hiss != true white noise. There could be a lot of cycles
and harmonics hidden in that hiss.
Jay
