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Re: CPRNGs are still an issue.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Mon Dec 15 14:10:18 2008
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:38:25 -0500
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
To: Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <r02010500-1049-8C700E35CA3811DDB31A0030658F0F64@[192.168.1.5]>
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:40:10 -0800
Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com> wrote:
> Short of building special random number generation hardware, does
> anyone have any suggestions for additional sources?
>
In my copious spare time, I've entertained thoughts of writing a FIPS
181 pronounceable password generator for the iPhone, using the
accelerometer for randomness. The thought of shaking my phone to
produce a password amuses me...
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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