[42837] in Cypherpunks
Re: Sources of randomness
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca)
Fri Nov 3 20:35:14 1995
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 20:24:15 -0500 (EST)
From: s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca
Reply-To: s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca
To: Peter Monta <pmonta@qualcomm.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199511032324.PAA22269@mage.qualcomm.com>
On Fri, 3 Nov 1995, Peter Monta wrote:
> I'm puzzled by the implication that thermal noise or avalanche or Zener
> noise is somehow inferior to noise from radioactive sources. It's not.
How much do the appropriate Zener diodes (it *is* diodes we're talking
about, right?) cost? Are these things widely available? (sorry I really don't
remember my electronics lessons)
How would you get your first two sources? (the thermal and avalanche)
