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Re: verification of randomness

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jim bell)
Mon Feb 5 01:24:08 1996

Errors-To: cpadmin@toad.com
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 21:12:43 -0800
To: andreas@artcom.de (Andreas Bogk), cypherpunks@toad.com
From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>

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At 03:57 AM 2/5/96 +0100, Andreas Bogk wrote:

>I've built a random number generator based on the noise of a Zener
>diode. Now I'd like to verify it's correct operation. I'd be very
>grateful if someone could point me to existing software for randomness
>tests or additional tests not mentioned in Knuth.
>I'll make the design of the generator available as soon as I've
>verified it's operation.
>Andreas

Excellent!  Sounds like a worthwhile project.  If you have an email mailing 
list, put me on it please.

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