[42915] in Cypherpunks
Re: Video as a source of randomness
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SINCLAIR DOUGLAS N)
Sun Nov 5 09:54:37 1995
From: SINCLAIR DOUGLAS N <sinclai@ecf.toronto.edu>
To: stewarts@ix.netcom.com (Bill Stewart)
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 09:52:07 -0500
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199511042352.PAA07530@ix4.ix.netcom.com> from "Bill Stewart" at Nov 4, 95 06:51:59 pm
The cheapest strong source of video noise that I can think of would be
a small fan with a ribbon tied to the grille. As long as it's in a
turbulent flow regime, you'll get very random numbers at a fast
rate.
