[42788] in Cypherpunks
Re: Radiation Detectors from Aware Electronics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri Nov 3 09:48:22 1995
To: futplex@pseudonym.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List), perry@piermont.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Nov 1995 05:09:54 EST."
<199511031009.FAA11845@opine.cs.umass.edu>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 09:40:11 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Futplex writes:
> Perry recently recommended the use of background-radiation detectors as
> good cheap true RNGs. Properly deployed cryptography generally depends upon
> excellent PRNGs, or preferably hardware RNGs.
Just one comment -- I think one is better off with a tiny cheap
radiation source when using such a system than in depending on
background, but the point is the same...
Perry
