[42785] in Cypherpunks
Re: Radiation Detectors from Aware Electronics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri Nov 3 09:24:16 1995
To: sharborth@hai-net.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Nov 1995 01:11:25 EST."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 09:19:28 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
sharborth@hai-net.com writes:
> So what does this have to do with this mailing list??
Generating good random numbers is key to operating a solid
cryptographic system. I've argued that computer interfaced radiation
detectors are the optimal way of generating such numbers because they
are hard to screw up -- biased diode noise and other sources are too
easy to misdesign or misuse. Aware is a source of such detectors.
Perry
> There have been several requests for information on the company that
> makes the radiation detectors with RS232 interfaces that I mentioned.
>
> Here is how to reach them:
>
> Aware Electronics
> P.O. Box 4299
> Wilmington, DE 19807
> Phone (800) 729-5397
> (302) 655-3800
>
>
> Perry
>
>
